Valassis Sues News Corp Unit Alleging Antitrust Violation

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Marketing services firm Valassis Communications Inc. (VCI) sued a unit of media giant News Corp. (NWS) in a Michigan court Wednesday, alleging the subsidiary is involved in anticompetitive conduct.

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Livonia, Mich.-based Valassis said News America Marketing Group has implemented a plan to exploit its monopoly in the in-store advertising and promotions market to gain an unfair advantage over Valassis in the free-standing inserts, or FSIs, market, according to a regulatory filing.