News Limited - proposed acquisition of certain community style newspapers and magazines of FPC Community Media Group

Status:

Completed

Outcome:

Not opposed on 17 January 2007

Reference number:

25684

Industry:

Publishing

Commenced:

26 October 2006

Total review days:

57 days

Acquirer(s)

see detailed Public Competition Assessment below

see detailed Public Competition Assessment below

Document title	Date
Statement of Issues - News Ltd - proposed acquisition of Federal Publishing Company's Community Media Group - 08.12.06 ( PDF 94.6 KB )	8 Dec 2006

Document title	Date
Public Competition Assessments ( PDF 130.04 KB )	20 Feb 2007

Date	Event
26/10/2006	ACCC commenced review under the Merger Review Process Guidelines. Market inquiries commenced.
10/11/2006	Closing date for submissions from interested parties.
08/12/2006	ACCC published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns.
22/12/2006	Closing date for submissions from interested parties.
17/01/2007	ACCC announced its decision to not oppose the proposed acquisition.