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Input: So the Penguin/Random House merger is to go ahead? Better than it falling into Murdoch\u2019s clutches. (A mistake for TUC to sell Sun 41 yr ago)
So the Penguin/Random House merger is to go ahead? Better than it falling into Murdoch\u2019s clutches. (A mistake for TUC to sell Sun 41 yr ago)