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The communications regulator Ofcom has announced exactly what information it will require in order to judge the public interest issues arising from media mergers, in guidelines published this week.

The information is more comprehensive than most observers expected and has led to claims that mergers will get caught up in red tape.

Newspaper groups looking to merge would have to provide Ofcom with details of the number of column inches devoted to sport, human interest stories and regional stories.

They would also need to supply the employment history of ...

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