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Merger of Torg ehf. and Frjáls fjölmiðlun ehf

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  • Case number: 23/2020
  • Date: 15/5/2020
  • Company:
    • Torg ehf.
    • Frjáls fjölmiðlun ehf.
  • Sectors:
    • Telecommunications, IT and media
  • Policy Area:
    • Mergers
  • Summary

    The Icelandic Competition Authority investigated the purchase by Torg ehf. of Frjáls fjölmiðlun ehf. Torg is the publishing company of Fréttablaðið newspaper and runs the news site frettabladid.is. Frjáls fjölmiðlun is the publishing company of DV newspaper and runs the news site dv.is. On basis of the small change market share of the merging parties and the opinion of The Media Commission among other, the Competition Authority concludes that there are no grounds for intervention because of the merger.