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Tue Apr 10, 2018, 07:25 PM Apr 2018

European Commission raids Murdochs Fox offices over cartel concerns: report

By EMMA ANDERSON at Politico

https://www.politico.eu/article/report-european-commission-raids-murdochs-fox-offices-over-cartel-concerns/

"SNIP.........

Investigators from the European Commission on Tuesday raided the London offices of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, according to the Daily Telegraph.

A spokesperson for Fox Networks Group confirmed to Variety that the company was “cooperating fully” with the Commission’s inspection.

A Commission spokesperson would only confirm that investigators had carried out “unannounced inspections” on Tuesday in several EU countries at companies involved in the “distribution of sports media rights and other related rights.”

“The Commission has concerns that the companies involved may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices,” the Commission said in a statement.

............SNIP"

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