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Telegraph’s £575m takeover by German group completed

Acquisition by Axel Springer ends three years of uncertainty over ownership of 171-year-old titles

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Axel Springer skipped due diligence before £575m Telegraph takeover

Sources say German group may struggle to recoup its investment as titles shift to less profitable models

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph takeover by German buyer cleared by culture secretary

Lisa Nandy says there are no grounds to refer Axel Springer deal to Ofcom, ending almost three years of uncertainty for titles

The Guardian - UK

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‘A full-on embrace’: how the EU’s largest news publisher fell in love with the US

Mathias Döpfner, ‘guru-like’ CEO of Axel Springer, wants to expand – but critics say his stated values sometimes don’t line up with what appears in his titles

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Will the Telegraph’s new owner curb its wilder excesses – or make them worse?

Mathias Döpfner beat the Mail to seize a British institution. But whether he will be a sobering or malign influence is not yet clear, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

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?

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Telegraph sold for £575m as German buyer elbows out Daily Mail

Axel Springer, owner of Bild and Die Welt, agrees all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

The Guardian - UK

'You'll Have Billion-Dollar Companies Run By Two Or Three People With AI,' Says Sam Altman — Adds He's 'More Pessimistic About Humans'

Running a major company with only a handful of people is becoming a realistic outcome in advanced artificial intelligence development.

Benzinga

Elon Musk is boosting the AfD. But why is Germany’s mainstream helping him?

After years of politicians and media figures normalising far-right ideas, the billionaire’s meddling is falling on fertile ground, says Berlin-based journalist and author Hanno Hauenstein

The Guardian - UK

Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal

Private equity group to control classified business while Mathias Döpfner and Friede Springer will run digital operation

The Guardian - UK

German Billionaire Mathias Döpfner, KKR Nearing Deal On Splitting Axel Springer

German Billionaire Mathias Döpfner And KKR are close to pushing through with the deal of splitting Axel Springer.

International Business Times

Germany’s bond with Israel has been admirable – but it is becoming a straitjacket

As the relationship is tested by the Israel-Hamas war, it’s clear a more flexible dynamic is needed to help secure a lasting peace, says author John Kampfner

The Guardian - UK

Axel Springer’s Telegraph bid in doubt over ‘digital-only’ future

Head of German-based group tells Politico podcast its strategy is to grow its digital media

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Media mogul Mathias Döpfner plans to ‘be ahead of the curve’ on the A.I. boom—but says there’s a key value that only humans will be able to provide

The Axel Springer CEO sat down with Fortune’s Alyson Shontell at Cannes Lions: “What we need is more investigative reporters, more experts who are reporting on certain topics, more great writers.”

Fortune

German media mogul who's friends with Elon Musk is sacking 20% of the newsroom at his leading tabloid and replacing workers with A.I.

The German tabloid is among the most widely-sold newspapers in Europe. In a memo, Axel Springer said several roles will “no longer exist as they do today.”

The Guardian - UK

German tabloid Bild cuts 200 jobs and says some roles will be replaced by AI

Publisher Axel Springer announces reorganisation of regional business and outlines plans for digital future

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m all for climate change’: Axel Springer CEO faces heat over leaked messages

Mathias Döpfner’s reported comments on climate, Muslims and east Germany – and his apparent political manoeuvring – create shock waves

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Billionaire mogul Barry Diller has some advice for the media about A.I.: Sue

"We are not going to let what happened out of free internet happen to post-A.I. internet if we can help it."

Fortune

The CEO of a giant media company just said A.I. is making some journalists obsolete as he plans staff cuts

A.I. will make journalism better "or simply replace it," Mathias Döpfner of Axel Springer wrote in an internal memo to staffers.

Salon

Politico owner: "Pray" for Trump to win

New Politico chief Mathias Döpfner denied sending the email before he was confronted with a printout by reporter

The Independent UK

Politico owner says his email asking colleagues to ‘pray’ for Trump was done in jest

Former president represented windfall for media companies

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