In 2020, amid revenue losses, German Verlagsgruppe Passau sold Polska Press Group (controlling a majority of Polish local and regional press market) to the state-owned PKN Orlen oil company. The takeover has been approved swiftly by the competition authority UOKiK even though this ownership change sustained a monopoly on the regional and local press market (UOKiK, 2021a). UOKiK’s President justified his decision by arguing: Read More …