Monty and the Mirror: the Orkla connection

A Scandinavian-based blogger-journalist, Kristine Lowe, reads a great deal into a single sentence in last week's Observer piece by James Robinson which suggested that David Montgomery might well have his eyes on buying the Mirror titles. In British media circles that's hardly much of an insight, but Lowe adds (just a little substance) to the speculation. As we know, Monty's investment group, Mecom, is buying into the Norwegian media giant, Orkla. And it's her analysis of how that deal will work out which implies that Monty might just raise the funds for a Mirror bid. It all sounds a bit unlikely to me, but her complex reasoning could well put the shivers up spines in Canary Wharf. (Via Kristine Lowe)