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UNCOVERED: Rothermere | History Defined

‘No one saw this coming’: will the surprise Telegraph winner change the paper’s direction?

Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel Springer

The Guardian - UK

German twist in the Telegraph tale shatters Lord Rothermere’s dreams

The European media giant Axel Springer has scuppered the Daily Mail owner. But why did it not bid sooner? And what will Brexit-backing readers think?

The Guardian - UK

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself

Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

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Politico owner Axel Springer joins rival Telegraph bid led by Dovid Efune

Sale to Lord Rothermere, Daily Mail owner, referred to regulators on media plurality and competition grounds

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Nandy refers Telegraph sale to watchdogs over rightwing media plurality concerns

CMA and Ofcom to examine DMGT takeover amid fears merger could curb ‘diverging editorial stances’ in press

The Guardian - UK

One UK journalist’s close access to Hitler carries a warning about Trump’s media restrictions

Interviewing Hitler opens in Linz, Austria, in 1938: the year before the outbreak of World War Two. Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria, has just announced the Anschluss, the forced political union of Germany and his birth country. Since seizing power in 1933, he has been overseeing Germany’s rearmament…

The Conversation

Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?

The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers

The Guardian - UK

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Lord Rothermere’s Telegraph takeover strengthens UK media’s rightwing tilt

Many fear competition and diversity will be diminished as Daily Mail owner wins race to buy newspaper

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Why Rothermere’s £500m Telegraph takeover exposes a digital power play – and a dilemma for Starmer

COMMENT: The Mail-Telegraph merger is raising fears about monopolies and influence, but the motivations behind it lie in online subscriptions, says Chris Blackhurst – leaving the prime minister and the watchdogs struggling to keep up

The Independent UK

Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles

Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re sick of being the story’: what next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?

Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles

The Guardian - UK

Why it matters who owns a newspaper

The House of Lords this week approved government legislation that will allow foreign states to hold up to a 15% stake in British newspaper publishers.

The Conversation

Ministers refuse to name companies that lobbied them over foreign ownership of UK newspapers

Revealed: Crossbench peers scrutinising proposed law change say they were told not to share companies involved

The Guardian - UK

Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifying

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James Stunt claimed diplomatic immunity and called black Met police officer 'Uncle Tom' in bizarre tirade

James Stunt was caught on camera launching a foul-mouthed tirade at a police officer after his arrest

The Guardian - UK

‘I was terrified about parental backlash’: taking contested history into schools

Parallel Histories, one of three charities the Guardian is supporting this year, helps students navigate contemporary conflicts

The Guardian - UK

Private equity firm behind Six Nations rugby considers bid for Telegraph

Potential bid by CVC Capital Partners believed to be structured to back newspaper group’s management team

The Guardian - UK

Battle resumes to take control of Telegraph – and the Tory soul

After year in ownerless limbo, Conservative party’s bible goes up for sale in second auction next week

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The Independent UK

Geordie Greig’s Hugh Cudlipp Lecture in full: Hard Facts, Hard Truths

The Independent’s Editor-in-Chief gave the prestigious 2024 Hugh Cudlipp Memorial Lecture at the Royal Overseas League

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph and Spectator takeover: News Corp and Mail owner consider bids

Planned acquisition by UAE-backed RedBird IMI is being considered by the culture secretary

Evening Standard

Sale of Telegraph Group "still wide open" -- bankers

THE race to land ownership of The Telegraph Group remains wide open City bankers insist in the face of reports that an Abu-Dhabi backed fund is close to taking control.

Evening Standard

The Telegraph has drawn a glittering array of bidders. But which will win?

Profitable and influential, the Telegraph is far from a distressed asset

The Guardian - UK

The Mail and the Telegraph owned by the same man? It would be a disaster for the UK’s free press

I like Lord Rothermere, but a media landscape dominated by a few powerful figures is a grave threat to our democracy, says the Conservative MP David Davis

The Guardian - UK

Daily Mail owner looks to Middle Eastern backers over Telegraph bid

Lord Rothermere is second potential suitor to turn to oil-rich region for financial support

The Guardian - UK

Barclay family aim to regain Telegraph control with UAE backing – report

Family are said to have secured investment from anonymous backers based in Abu Dhabi

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