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March 2, 2018

Competition watchdog looking at Trinity Mirror takeover of Express Newspapers but no formal investigation launched

By Charlotte Tobitt

The UK’s competition watchdog has taken steps to investigate the media plurality implications of Trinity Mirror’s buyout of Richard Desmond’s Express and Star newspapers.

Following completion of the £127m takeover deal yesterday, Trinity Mirror, which is already the UK’s largest regional news publisher, now owns three daily national newspaper titles and four Sunday titles.

These include the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, Sunday Express and Daily Star on Sunday.

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