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Call for competition body to look again at Herald takeover Print E-mail
Friday, 01 June 2007

Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart today supported the call to have the Competition Commission hearing into the Gannett/Newsquest takeover of the Herald titles reconvened.

Wishart, who gave evidence at the original Competition Commission hearing, said: "During the Competition Commission’s hearing into the takeover of Herald titles by Gannett/Newsquest many concerns were raised and many key assurances given. Four years later there have been redundancies and a steady erosion of Gannett/Newsquests ability to maintain and develop a key Scottish title.

“In Scotland we need viable, robust newspapers to accurately reflect our democratic institutions and properly inform our citizens. More than anything we need a pluralistic press environment, properly funded and resourced.

“I now think it would be a good idea for the Competition Commission to be reconvened to see if these key objectives have been upheld."

Wishart said that he would write to the Competition Commission asking for this to be done.
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