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• Hollinger claims it has secured `epic' price for Telegraph Group

  - 2004-07-24

  THE OWNER of the Daily Telegraph, Hollinger International, has boasted of securing an "epic, above market price" for the newspaper, which it is selling to the Barclay brothers. In court papers filed ahead of Conrad Black's lawsuit against the company, Hollinger said its ousted former chairman was...

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• Express owner drops bid for Hollinger's publishing group Telegraph

  - 2004-03-26

  LONDON AFP ? British media and pornography baron Richard Desmond, owner of the newspaper Express, has withdrawn a bid for the Telegraph Group, according to a spokesman for his Northern and Shell company. "We did not want to move forward. We were in the bidding process to buy a...

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• OUTLOOK: Barclays' calculated gamble may be media steal of decade

  - 2004-01-20

  THERE WAS much gnashing of teeth, reaching for lawyers and general lack of good grace among other potential bidders for the Telegraph Group yesterday, not to mention outside shareholders in Hollinger International, some of whom feel equally aggrieved, but on the face of it, there is little any of them...

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• Rivals ruled out of Telegraph race

  - 2003-11-23

  Richard Desmond, owner of the Express Group, and Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail & General Trust, are expected to be ruled out of the running to buy the Telegraph Group. Both newspaper rivals have shown an interest in the owner of the Telegraph titles, which is expected to...

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• Outlook: Telegraph Group

  - 2003-11-19

  THE PHONES have been ringing off the hook at Lazard ever since it was announced that the City investment bank has been retained by Hollinger International to examine strategic options for the company, including a possible sale of its main asset, the Telegraph Group. The list of suitors lengthens by...

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• Hollinger International Announces Sale Of The Telegraph's 25% Interest In Fairfax

  - 1996-12-15

  SYDNEY, LONDON, TORONTO & NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE-- Dec. 16, 1996--Hollinger International Inc. (NYSE:HLR) announced today that Daily Telegraph Holdings BV, a Dutch subsidiary of Telegraph Group Limited (the "Telegraph"), Hollinger's U.K. subsidiary, has agreed to sell the group's 25% interest in Australian newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings Limited ("Fairfax"), to...

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• Telegraph holds out for more

  - 1995-05-10

  BY MATHEW HORSMAN The independent committee reviewing plans to reorganise the Telegraph group is holding out for a higher offer for minority shareholders before recommending the deal, according to sources close to the company. In addition, they are seeking assurances that the offer can be fully...

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