Competition regulator gives green light to Nine-Fairfax merger

By Jennifer Duke
Updated November 8 2018 - 11:00am, first published 10:37am
Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood and Nine chief executive Hugh Marks first publicised plans to merge the media businesses in July. Photo: Louie Douvis
Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood and Nine chief executive Hugh Marks first publicised plans to merge the media businesses in July. Photo: Louie Douvis

The competition regulator will not stand in the way of Nine Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media's proposed merger to form a cross-platform media company, with the free-to-air television and newspaper businesses intending to combine by the end of the year.

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