In June, Future announced that it had agreed to buy Miura, the parent company of Imagine Publishing, for Future shares representing £14.2m.
The news that Future, which runs Edge magazine, PC Gamer and Official PlayStation and Xbox magazines, wanted to merge with Miura, whose Imagine Publishing subsidiary runs GamesTM and Retro Gamer, sparked a number of questions about the future of UK video magazines, and the deal was pending the result of an inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority.
The CMA had found competition issues, but only in relation to the acquisition of one sci-fi title. So, Future agreed with the CMA to ring-fence Sci-Fi. And now the CMA has told Future it has no objection to the acquisition.
Full Content: Euro Gamer
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