Judge keeps NZME-Stuff hearing under wraps

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Details of a further hearing following failed merger negotiations between the NZ Herald’s owner NZME and Stuff’s former owner Nine Entertainment have been kept under wraps by the High Court at Auckland. Justice Sarah Katz today heard arguments over whether redactions to her original results judgment should stay in place, and whether the court file could be accessed by BusinessDesk. Last month, the judge ruled she could not hold Nine to exclusive negotiations with NZME. Stuff and NZME had been trying to merge for years and had resumed nego...

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