Norway’s publishers face $50 million fine for price-fixing, but reject allegations as “completely absurd”

Norway’s competition authorities see abuse in a database used by the country’s publishers to track the market. Publishers protest they have done nothing wrong. As yet the finding are provisional, but carry hefty penalties Alleging that Norwegian publishers used their database Bokbasen to coordinate prices, selection and timing of releases, to the detriment of consumers, … Continue reading Norway’s publishers face $50 million fine for price-fixing, but reject allegations as “completely absurd”