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Neue Pressegesellschaft wins German approval to acquire Medienholding Süd

( June 30, 2025, 09:49 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Neue Pressegesellschaft, a regional newspaper publisher, has won clearance from the German antitrust authority to acquire rival Medienholding Süd, the office said today. The deal had to be cleared after the buyer divested a local edition of Südwest Presse, which resulted in the remaining problematic markets no longer reaching the market volume required to block the deal. Bundeskartellamt head Andreas Mundt said: "This shows again that [our] hands are often tied by the current legislation, even when obvious competition concerns have been identified.” Medienholding Süd is currently part of Südwestdeutsche Medienholding.Statement follows. ...

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