Earlier this year, the Competition Commission ordered the reversal of the merger approval between Primedia@Home and Paarl Media, which left the merging parties faced with the practical challenge of reversing a merger that had been unconditionally approved a year earlier. The difficulty was clearly expressed by Paarl Media, quoted in the media as saying that […] Read more
Media24 (with Paarl Coldset) has been allowed to take over the Natal Witness, subject to a flotilla of conditions aimed at ensuring that Media24 is not able to exclude small community newspaper publishers from accessing printing capacity. Chris Charter gives a legal opinion. The theory of harm was predicated on the notion that Media24’s control […] Read more
The Competition Commission announced this week that it had prohibited the acquisition of Primedia@Home, a printed advertisement distribution business of Primedia, by Paarl Media, associated with the Media 24 Group. The Commission said it a statement that they had found that this transaction would substantially lessen competition in the market for knock and drop leaflet […] Read more
