| Author (Person) | Barker, Alex, Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 7.12.11 |
| Publication Date | 07/12/2011 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Commission announced on the 6 December 2011 that it had opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether international publishers Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing, France), Harper Collins (News Corp., USA), Simon & Schuster (CBS Corp., USA), Penguin (Pearson Group, United Kingdom) and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck (owner of inter alia Macmillan, Germany) have, possibly with the help of Apple, engaged in anti-competitive practices affecting the sale of e-books in the European Economic Area (EEA), in breach of EU antitrust rules. The opening of proceedings means that the Commission will treat the case as a matter of priority. It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation. |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research, Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
