Jan 29, 2020
The PIIN states that the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for suspecting that, as a result of the acquisition by Daily Mail and General Trust plc of JPI Media Publications Ltd, it is or may be the case that a relevant merger situation has been created as defined in s 23 of the Enterprise…
State intervention for the intention of keeping plurality within the press.
The DCMS has issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice after the Daily Mail and General Trust plc acquisitioned JPI Media Publications Ltd: the publication body responsible for around 200 titles including ‘i’, ‘The Scotsman’ and the ‘Yorkshire Herald’.
This is bound to be a controversial decision due to the tensions between the press and state control.
29 January 2020
