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Trinity Mirror and Express newspaper merger under investigation by competition watchdog

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The deal between the two publishing firms has already completed

The UK’s competition regulator has opened an investigation into the merger of the Trinity Mirror group and the parent company of the Express and Star newspapers.

Trinity Mirror, which owns the Daily Mirror and hundreds of regional titles, bought the published assets of Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell, which includes the Daily and Sunday Express, for £126.7m in February.

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At the time, Trinity Mirror said the deal would “improve its print and digital editorial propositions by reducing duplication, sharing content and widening the breadth of editorial coverage with larger combined teams”.

On Wednesday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had brought the merger, which has already completed, to the attention of the secretary of state for digital, culture, media & sport, because of concerns that the combination of the two companies has “resulted in a substantial lessening of competition” within the market.

The CMA said it will announce its decision by 7 June 2018, although this deadline may change during the course of its investigation.

Trinity Mirror could not be reached for comment.

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