London(Reuters) - Britain ordered regulators on Tuesday to investigate the Daily Mirrorpublisher's deal to buy the Express tabloids because of the potential impact on the titles' editorial policies and the need for a range of views in newspapers.
Trinity Mirrorscooped up titles including the Daily Express, Daily Starand Ok%21magazine for 127 million pounds ($173.5 million) in February in the biggest shake up of Britain's cut-throat Newspaperindustry in decades.
Media SecretaryMatt Hancockasked Media RegulatorOfcom to examine whether the deal would have any impact on the free expression of opinion and editorial decision marking. He asked the competition regulator to look at whether there would still be a sufficient plurality of views in the sector.
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(Reporting by Kate Holton, Editing by Paul Sandle)
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