Seven West Media will get $40 million to help ease its debt burden after completing the sale of Pacific Magazines to German-owned Bauer Media.
The deal, which was delayed earlier in April, was finalised on Friday after initially being announced in October 2019. There had been speculation Bauer was trying to reduce the price or exit Australia altogether without going through with the transaction due to the sharp decline in advertising amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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