The gloomy fall-out from Northcliffe Media's blocked attempt to sell seven Kent titles to the KM group continues.
It appears, according to a HoldTheFrontPage report, that three weekly titles – Isle of Thanet Gazette, Isle of Thanet Times and Canterbury Times – could be merged.
Last week Northcliffe closed the Medway News and the East Kent Gazette, resulting in 38 job losses. And KM group announced 10 redundancies that due to the collapse of acquisition bid.
These moves follow the decision in October by the Office of Fair Trading to refer the deal between the two publishers to the Competition Commission.
The companies decided they could not afford, in terms of either money or time, to argue their case through a commission inquiry.
