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• Four in final round of Telegraph battle

  - 2004-05-28

  BOARD MEMBERS of Hollinger International met yesterday to consider at least four bids for the Daily Telegraph newspapers. Four bidders have reached the final round of the auction run by Lazard: the Barclay brothers, the Daily Mail & General Trust, the venture capital group 3i, and a joint effort between...

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• Six bidders in race for Telegraph titles

  - 2004-05-21

  THE SIX players still in the race to buy Hollinger International's newspapers, which include The Daily Telegraph, are believed to have submitted bids by last night's deadline. The Barclay brothers, Sir David and Sir Frederick, remain the bookies' favourites to secure the Telegraph titles. Cantor Index have...

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• Media duo lead field in race for Hollinger

  - 2004-05-16

  The Barclay brothers and the German media group Axel Springer have taken the lead in the auction of Daily Telegraph owner Hollinger International, which moves into its final phase this week. They are preparing to submit higher offers than the four other bidders. These are UK private...

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• Media: His fight for survival

  - 2004-05-04

  The Honourable Jeremy Wyndham Deedes, the affable chief executive of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, who was recently brought out of retirement to oversee the sale of the troubled titles, has been down "on the shop floor" in a bid to spread cheer about the newspapers' future. ...

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• German Publisher Springer Mulls Takeover Bid for UK Firm Hollinger.

  - 2004-04-16

  By Allan Hall, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 16--She is known as Mrs Citizen Kane -- the European grande dame of journalism who may decide whether her German company should seek to take over that great British institution The...

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• Springer `Telegraph' team in London

  - 2004-04-15

  EXECUTIVES FROM Axel Springer are expected to be briefed in London today on the The Daily Telegraph by the newspaper's management and Lazard, the investment bank advising on the sale of the paper and its sister titles. The German publisher has teamed up with Haim Saban, a US entrepreneur, in...

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• German Publishing Executives Head to London for Acquisition Summit.

  - 2004-04-15

  Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 15--Bosses from German newspaper publisher Axel Springer are on their way to London as meetings with the Telegraph's management team kick off. Springer chief executive Mathias Doepfner told shareholders at the ...

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• German firm and Israeli partner make bid for Hollinger

  - 2004-04-08

  THE DAILY Telegraph could fall into German hands after it emerged that the German media company Axel Springer had teamed up with the US- Israeli entrepreneur Haim Saban to bid for the newspaper's parent company. It is thought that Axel Springer, which once tried to buy the...

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• Auction Buzz for Hollinger Heats Up.

  - 2004-03-22

  Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 22--Bidding for Lord Black's newspaper empire, including the Daily Telegraph, is heating up ahead of this week's deadline. German publishing giant Axel Springer is the latest believed to be ready to throw...

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• Berlin-Based Publisher Set to March on London Newspapers.

  - 2003-12-07

  By Jon Rees, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 7--German newspaper publishing firm Axel Springer is considering a bid for The Daily Telegraph and its Sunday stablemate if their embattled owner, Lord Black, is forced to sell. ...

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