Gavin Burrows says he did not give a 'fake' statement admitting to working for the publisher.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy orders a review of the deal on public interest and competition grounds.
The publisher of the Daily Mail says it is in talks to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph for £500m.
Gavin Burrows says an alleged confession dated 2021 was "prepared by others without my knowledge".
The Associated Print site at Carn Industrial Estate in Portadown is set to close this autumn.
The Duke of Sussex faces £48,000 in legal costs after losing part of an ongoing libel battle.
They want Associated Newspapers to release its records of payments to private investigators.
Two journalists were summoned by Sir Lindsay Hoyle to discuss an article about Labour's deputy leader.
The Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy by publishing a letter to her father.
