tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post6459509613929471679..comments2024-03-29T06:57:27.799+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: Print Week: Regional newspaper publishers can 'test the water' on mergers says OFTJon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-91279762618209922142009-06-25T19:53:46.852+01:002009-06-25T19:53:46.852+01:00You are quite right Paul,
HTFP did see it as a cha...You are quite right Paul,<br />HTFP did see it as a challenge to regional publishers to come up with merger plans rather than a snub after all that lobbying by the big groups for a relaxing of the merger regime.<br />All the same, PrintWeek's report of a 'clarification meeting' and the OFT quotes are interesting.<br />Do you buy the speculation that we will be left with Northcliffe and a combined Trinity-Johnston dominating regional publishing?Jon Slatteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-69707644367241922052009-06-25T18:39:05.825+01:002009-06-25T18:39:05.825+01:00This was certainly how we interpreted it at the ti...This was certainly how we interpreted it at the time Jon. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/090616digbritmain.shtml" rel="nofollow">Publishers challenged to come up with merger plan</a>.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.com