Original article by Darren Davidson, Daniel Palmer
The Australian – Page: 23 : 9-Dec-16

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has approved News Corporation’s $A36.6m deal to acquire Australian Regional Media from APN News & Media. News Corp will add 12 regionals newspapers and 60 community newspapers in Queensland and northeast New South Wales to its stable of print publications after the ACCC concluded that the deal would not significantly affect competition.

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