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O’Reilly sells the UK Independent – fails to sell APN

January 27, 2009 – 7:31 pm

As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald Irsh media baron Tony O’Reilly has withdrawn from sale his stake in APN News and Media. Meanwhile on the other side of the world, he has signalled his willingness to put The Independent and the Sunday Independent up for sale, to reduce the debt of his Independent News [...]

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What Now for APN, as O’Reilly Sells Up?

January 26, 2009 – 12:39 pm

The English Sunday Times newspaper is reporting that Tony O’Reilly’s Independent News & Media publishing empire is preparing to sell assets to try and clear some of its debt. The focus is Verivox, a German price comparison website and other online assets. INM’s  stake in APN has been on the block since November, of course, [...]

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Write-ups, Stuff Ups and Sell Ups – A Media Roundup

January 11, 2009 – 1:12 pm

In no particular order, some interesting links about media over the last few days: Help Me Explain Twitter to Eggheads New media academic Jay Rosen, whose presence on Twitter is one of the main reason I am there too, is writing an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education about why he is on Twitter. [...]

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