Sun and Daily Mail publishers’ printing tie-up gets go-ahead

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It follows the announcement last October that Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and Lord Rothermere’s DMG Media – two of the UK’s biggest newspaper publishers – planned to combine their printing operations amid a climate of declining print sales. The publishers said the new business, with its own senior leadership team drawn from News UK’s Newsprinters and DMG Media, was expected to start operations in early June. The combination will ensure that our readers, and those of other newspapers, can enjoy the paper they love for many years to come James Welsh, DMG Media News UK executive vice president, chief operating officer, David Dinsmore said: “It has been our long-term view that consolidating print operations is vital to retaining a national network of print and distribution logistics and, crucially, supporting the unique plural media landscape in the UK. “I’m delighted that the CMA has cleared the combination of our printing operations.” James Welsh, deputy chief executive officer of DMG Media, said: “Today’s announcement from the CMA is an important milestone for our industry.