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South Africa: Monopolistic threats make newspapers a priority for authorities

By  |  March 1, 2013

The Competition Commission has announced a new focus on South Africa’s newspaper industry, calling it an “emerging priority sector” thanks to growing volumes of complaints and claims of monopolistic behavior within the sector. Four major publishers control the industry, and the Commission has already launched four probes concerning the industry. While the investigations are ongoing, says the Commission, the authority did release some information on the cases to the media. Allegations on the nation’s four major news publishers include collusion and the exchange of commercially-sensitive information, as well as market division to decrease overlapping competition.

 

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