Offer could end 16-month battle to control the conservative British national newspaper
Bill Ackman sounded out but decided not to participate in auction for British broadsheet
Owner of right-leaning New York Sun has emerged as part of one of three groups bidding for London title
Sale has drawn interest from media groups, investors and billionaires including News UK and National World
Former Conservative government ruled out foreign-state ownership of newspaper groups
Second auction for newspaper group in a year begins days after publisher reveals £278mn black hole
Newspaper group pushed to a loss and warns of ‘potential irregularities’
Hereditary seigneur and German entrepreneur aim to buy and list 20% of the Channel Island along with properties
Move by former CEO of Daily Mail publisher comes during drawn-out process for sale of newspaper
Clause allowing foreign states to acquire small stakes in newspaper groups was not agreed before end of parliament
Culture secretary says UK ‘not stopping’ foreign investment as she defends blocking sale to Abu Dhabi-backed company
Abu Dhabi-backed group will auction off newspaper and Spectator magazine after UK government blocked takeover
Proposed amendment would ban direct investment in UK newspapers of any size by a foreign state
Regional media group says it would be ‘best qualified’ to own title after Abu Dhabi-backed deal blocked
Culture secretary ‘minded to refer’ deal involving British media group to Competition and Markets Authority
Conservative politicians and journalists joined forces to block a £600mn acquisition of the news organisation by RedBird IMI
Venture between US-based RedBird and Abu Dhabi’s IMI is aiming to recoup £600mn investment
Rishi Sunak under growing pressure to veto newspaper group’s purchase by Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI
Filings show that companies including the Very Group have new charges linked to an IMI deal
UK culture secretary asks regulators whether holding company represents a different deal
Jeff Zucker meets Ofcom ahead of its report on whether takeover backed by Abu Dhabi cash should proceed
Regulators to investigate RedBird IMI’s debt for equity deal, but not its repayment of bank loans owed by the Barclay family
Conservative backbencher move comes as culture secretary is set to ask watchdogs to probe RedBird IMI’s bid
The UAE-Telegraph deal should probably be blocked but the roll call of UK press barons is hardly one to shout about
Former CNN boss says other media groups turned on his Abu Dhabi-backed deal after he cut them out
