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Cases & Case Files

Media 24 Limited and Paarl Coldset (Pty) Ltd and the Natal Witness Printing and Publishing Company (Pty) Ltd

Case Number

LM109Mar11/DSC102Oct11

Case type

Interlocutory Application

Subcategories

Procedural matter

Discovery Application

Type of merger

Case status

Order Issued

Outcome

Partly Granted

Order date

17-11-2011

Competition Tribunal Members

Norman Manoim, Yasmin Carrim, Merle Holden

Industry

media printing

Relevant market

Cold-set printing (KZN) and publishing of paid-for and free/community newspapers (KZN and NE Cape) further narrowed in terms of LSM and language groups and distribution days (low/middle LSM vs middle/upper LSM; English vs Afrikaans vs Zulu vs Xhosa; and Daily vs weekly vs Weekend).

Sector

Information and communication

Case File

Order Pdf

Case File 2

Order Pdf

Case File 3

Other Pdf

Case File 4

Other Pdf

Case File 5

Other Pdf

Case File 6

Other Pdf

Remedy

Sections of the act

Case Name

Media 24 Natal Witness

Appellant

Applicant

Media24 Ltd, Paarl Coldset (Pty) Ltd, The Natal Witness Printing and Publishing Company (Pty) Ltd

Competition Commission

Complainant

Interested Party

Intervener

Other

Primary Acquiring Firm

Primary Target Firm

Respondent

Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Ltd

Secondary Acquiring Firm

Secondary Target Firm

Trade Union

CAC Case Number