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Competition concerns may not stop media merger approval, lawyer says

A merger of New Zealand's two largest media organisations could be approved on a counterfactual basis, despite competition concerns, a leading competition lawyer says.

Chelsea Armitage
Wed, 11 May 2016

A merger of New Zealand’s two largest media organisations could be approved on a counterfactual basis, despite competition concerns, a leading competition lawyer says.

Fairfax and APN News & Media confirmed today they are in talks to merge their New Zealand businesses into one media operation. The

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Chelsea Armitage
Wed, 11 May 2016
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