Agora set to challenge competitors in AMS takeover bid

Polish media giant Agora, French advertising firm JC Decaux and an unnamed financial investor are the three bidders left in the running for a strategic stake in Poland's largest outdoor advertising company Art Marketing Syndicate (AMS), unofficial sources claim. Negotiations with investors are scheduled to end in 10 days, and right now the most serious candidate appears to be Gazeta Wyborcza publisher Agora. Both Agora and JC Decaux sought to take control of AMS a year ago, but failed. However, now Agora is said to be offering the same price as last year, namely zl.70 per share, which this time around could prove to be good enough. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) T.J.