Dutch publishers discuss merger plan

Two Dutch newspaper and book publishers, PCM and NDC/VBK, are discussing the possibilities of a merger. It's an indirect result of the early departure of the British private equity investor Apax Partners as the majority stakeholder in PCM, which publishes three national papers, De Volkskrant, Trouw and NRC Handelsblad. NDC/VBK owns the Leeuwarder Courant and Dagblad van het Noorden. (Via Editors' weblog/Jan Prins)