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Estonian newspapers Õhtuleht and Linnaleht merge
Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 06.09.2011.
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Print versionAS SL Õhtuleht, which two months ago bought all shares of AS Linnaleht from Ekspress Grupp’s subsidiary Eesti Päevalehe AS, entered into a merger agreement, under which AS SL Õhtuleht and AS Linnaleht merge.
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The acquiring company will continue its operations under the business name of AS SL Õhtuleht.
Ekspress Grupp has said that the planned merger won’t affect publishing the newspapers, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.
Ekspress Grupp became owner of 50% of Linnaleht via acquiring an additional shareholding in Eesti Päevaleht in March this year.
Linnaleht is a free of charge daily newspaper distributed in Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu. In Tallinn, it also has a Russian language weekly version.
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