Better late than never? UOKiK casts its eye over the regional press market

However, market insiders believe these efforts are belated. "It's a good thing that UOKiK is taking on the press market, but it's a shame that this is happening so late. I am wondering if [UOKiK's] head, Mr. Bansiński, wants to run for president, or what?" declared Andrzej Krajewski, director of the Association of Polish Journalists' Center for the Monitoring of Press Freedom. "UOKiK should be aware that some of the past events are irreversible," added Maciej Hoffman, general director of the Chamber of Press Publishers. However, Banasiński pointed out that UOKiK has the right to annul acquisitions in breach of anti-monopoly regulations up to five years after they have taken place. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B1) T.J.