UK Government Retains Commitment On Nottingham Evening Post
The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has declined the request from the owners of the Nottingham Evening Post.
To be released from the requirement to have an independent editorial board for the newspaper.
The independent editorial board was set up following Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) acquisition of the Nottingham Evening Post in 1994, to ensure the title retains its editorial independence.
This condition was imposed following concerns about the potential impact on the range of views and opinions expressed on local matters in the region since DMGT also owned a number of other local newspaper titles in the region.
The Secretary of State concluded that there presently remains a valid reason to retain the commitment. Ensuring that people have access to a sufficiently wide range of views and opinions on both local and national matters and preventing too much influence becoming concentrated in too few hands remain legitimate concerns for the Government.
The full text of the Secretary of State’s decision can be viewed at the following web link: http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/businesslaw/competition/mergers/public-interest/newspaper/index.html
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