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News organisation buys minority stake in fashion media start-up
Some question use of £1.3bn from FT and Economist sales
Questions over what German company will do next in effort to become ‘the leading digital publisher’
Governance issues scupper discussions to create €14bn media group
Potential sale of The Economist highlights that quality content still has value for investors
Complex structure makes it almost impossible for any one investor to take over
Disposal would complete transformation from diversified conglomerate to education-focused business
Slow split from Pearson preceded rapidly sealed £844m sale
Japanese group’s chairman confident shared journalistic standards will overcome cultural differences
Japanese group says UK news organisation ‘remains unchanged’
Education group says it is ‘competing well’ despite contract losses
Negotiations to buy business news organisation ‘down to the last 10 minutes’
Japanese group trumps rival interest from Germany’s Axel Springer
Bankers and analysts have long struggled to put a price tag on highly prized news brand
Sometimes banks’ misdeeds turn out to be less heinous than first imagined
Disposal comes after country passes law that limits foreign ownership of media
US companies seeking digital growth are betting that UK-born journalists may have answers
John Micklethwait leaves the Economist to take on Matt Winkler’s unique newsroom culture
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