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UK: Murdoch to lend helping hand to rival?

UK: Murdoch to lend helping hand to rival?

Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper division of News Corp., News International, has offered to print the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, owned by its competitor, the Barclay brothers. If a deal is struck, News International would be printing papers worth more than half of the daily UK newspaper market.

It is speculated that the Murdoch-owned group is looking for a contract with another publisher to help with some of the costs for its planned £600 investment in new printing presses.

However, according to the Guardian, the Barclay brothers are unlikely to comply due to a current lawsuit against News international's quality daily, The Times. Barclay claims that the Times printed a "libellous and defamatory" article questioning Barclay's 2004 purchase of the Telegraph.

Source: The Guardian

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John Burke

Date

2006-02-06 12:25

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