Fairfax-NZME merger: did the ComCom stray outside its brief by considering a non-economic factor — democracy?
PLUS: Fairfax and NZME chief executives regroup, weigh options.
UPDATE: The full judgment was released just before 5pm. Read it here. It includes the court regurigating the Commerce Commission's arguments that Facebook and Google are news distributors, not news producers, and that a merger would create the "risk" of a paywall (even though Fairfax and NZME say
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Fairfax-NZME merger: did the ComCom stray outside its brief by considering a non-economic factor — democracy?
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