The Bundeskartellamt has today cleared the acquisition of DDV Mediengruppe GmbH & Co . KG by Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack GmbH & Co . KG .

The merger concerns the reader and advertising markets in the greater Dresden area and the city of Döbeln in central Saxony. Both DDV (“Sächsische Zeitung , “Döbelner Anzeiger ) and Madsack (“Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten , “Döbelner Allgemeine Zeitung ) distribute regional newspapers there.

Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt:

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