The government said it was replacing a commission which had rejected a licence application for Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe's (ANZ) Daily News and Daily News on Sunday, which have been critical of President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ruled in 2003 the company was publishing its two titles outside the law because it refused to register them under tough media laws introduced following Mugabe's controversial re-election.
In May this year a High Court judge ordered the Media and Information Commission (MIC) to consider a fresh application for the newspaper, and on Tuesday the government said it had named a new board to handle the application.
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