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Periodical's told to withdraw from public ownership (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

privatise

'to withdraw from public ownership' is the definition.

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Another definition for privatise that I've seen is " remove from state control".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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