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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7740

19 June 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission opens detailed inquiry into largest merger ever, between AOL and Time Warner

Brussels, 19/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is opening a detailed inquiry into the merger between the largest world Internet access provider, America on Line (AOL), and the leader in music publishing, Time Warner. As in the case of the inquiry on the Time Warner/EMI merger opened last week (see EUROPE of 15 June, p.1³7), the Commission fears competition restrictions on the emerging business of music distribution via the Internet. It also plans to examine the impact of the...

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