The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in an Illinois District Court on June 20 to block the proposed merger of Quad and LSC Communications, the last two major US based book printers standing after several years of consolidation in a contracting print industry. The merger, says the filing, “threatens to increase prices, reduce quality, and limit availability of printed material that millions of Americans rely on to receive and disseminate information and ideas,” echoing concerns raised by many in publishing since the announcement of the planned merger in October. The Justice Department argues that the loss of the […]