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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Barclay brothers | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers</link> <description>Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</copyright> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:02:04 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-04-27T16:02:04Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>Telegraph could become ‘PR arm’ of UAE after proposed takeover, MPs warned</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/30/telegraph-could-become-pr-arm-of-uae-after-proposed-takeover-mps-warned</link> <description><p>UAE-backed deal could be disastrous for UK government and freedom of press, opponents say</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jan/30/uk-northern-ireland-dup-power-sharing-stormont-latest-politics-news-updates">UK politics live – latest news updates</a></li></ul><p>MPs have attacked the proposed UAE-backed takeover of the Telegraph newspapers, warning that it is impossible to “separate sheikh and state” and calling for further investigations to be launched before the deal “turns into a disaster for the government”.</p><p>Julia Lopez, a media minister, was grilled in the Commons after the submission of an urgent question raising concerns over the Barclay family’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-takeover-second-investigation-launched-into-barclay-familys-uae-backed-deal">complex deal</a> to transfer control of the Telegraph and the Spectator to RedBird IMI.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/30/telegraph-could-become-pr-arm-of-uae-after-proposed-takeover-mps-warned">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/houseofcommons">House of Commons</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediabusiness">Media business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:07:25 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/30/telegraph-could-become-pr-arm-of-uae-after-proposed-takeover-mps-warned</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cd9de17f3c98d62e04ebd11c4aea1bc26db43e92/0_0_4782_2870/master/4782.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7234fe450aec0e4ecad2d66c22448823"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cd9de17f3c98d62e04ebd11c4aea1bc26db43e92/0_0_4782_2870/master/4782.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2222082e8b8e1b6827afd9dd8c41ab4d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-01-30T15:07:25Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Telegraph takeover decision put back by fresh inquiry into Barclay family’s UAE-backed deal</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-takeover-second-investigation-launched-into-barclay-familys-uae-backed-deal</link> <description><p>Regulators’ reports on public interest risk now due on 11 March after late change in consortium’s structure prompts further review</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-ceo-steps-down-as-uk-government-prepares-takeover-investigation">Telegraph CEO steps down</a></li></ul><p>A second investigation has been launched into the Barclay family’s deal to transfer control of the Telegraph newspaper group, pushing the deadline for regulators’ reports on the public interest threat it poses by more than six weeks.</p><p>The UK government moved swiftly to order the second watchdog inquiry after the Barclays’ UAE-backed consortium partner <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/24/telegraph-takeover-uk-government-intends-to-order-new-investigation-into-deal">revealed a last-minute corporate structure change</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-takeover-second-investigation-launched-into-barclay-familys-uae-backed-deal">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/mergers-and-acquisitions">Mergers and acquisitions</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/sheikh-mansour">Sheikh Mansour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/competition-commission">Competition and Markets Authority</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/ofcom">Ofcom</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/regulators">Regulators</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:12:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-takeover-second-investigation-launched-into-barclay-familys-uae-backed-deal</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/70c72f7a8efbe58e459b98f8b5f2cc5e2785519b/0_231_6933_4162/master/6933.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9dace392f8418a7da435a1c1d919ee38"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Belinda Jiao/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/70c72f7a8efbe58e459b98f8b5f2cc5e2785519b/0_231_6933_4162/master/6933.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=746513126103b9dafac7e95d3fdb9175"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Belinda Jiao/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-01-26T18:12:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Anna Jones: media big-hitter and champion of female entrepreneurs</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/anna-jones-media-big-hitter-and-champion-of-female-entrepreneurs-telegraph</link> <description><p>The first woman to lead the Telegraph Media Group has been described as ‘extraordinarily energetic, motivated and driven’</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-ceo-steps-down-as-uk-government-prepares-takeover-investigation">Telegraph CEO steps down as UK government prepares takeover probe</a></strong></li></ul><p>When Anna Jones was interviewed about co-founding a women-only private members club to foster female entrepreneurship – having left a high-profile role running the UK publisher of Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Men’s Health to go it alone – she sported a T-shirt emblazoned with “girl power” in orange block capitals.</p><p>Seven years on Jones has been appointed as the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-ceo-steps-down-as-uk-government-prepares-takeover-investigation?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter">first female chief executive</a> of the Telegraph’s parent company, exemplifying the progress she has championed in an almost 25-year career in media businesses.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/anna-jones-media-big-hitter-and-champion-of-female-entrepreneurs-telegraph">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/corporate-governance">Corporate governance</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/women-in-the-boardroom">Women in the boardroom</category> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:13:48 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/anna-jones-media-big-hitter-and-champion-of-female-entrepreneurs-telegraph</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c167f69004ea08ee88b4ffacf986f1e0a1d3c836/0_313_2620_1572/master/2620.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ab7cb2be8f43818216825e2bdbcced19"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Geoff Pugh/Geoff Pugh for the Telegraph</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c167f69004ea08ee88b4ffacf986f1e0a1d3c836/0_313_2620_1572/master/2620.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=04d81b90447bfeb8dc0a039b46159c29"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Geoff Pugh/Geoff Pugh for the Telegraph</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-01-26T15:13:48Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Telegraph CEO steps down as UK government prepares takeover investigation</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-ceo-steps-down-as-uk-government-prepares-takeover-investigation</link> <description><p>Nick Hugh’s exit comes amid concern over Barclay family’s deal to transfer control of titles</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/anna-jones-media-big-hitter-and-champion-of-female-entrepreneurs-telegraph">Anna Jones: media big-hitter and champion of female entrepreneurs</a></li></ul><p></p><p>The chief executive of the Telegraph has stepped down after seven years as the government prepares to launch a second investigation into public interest concerns raised by the Barclay family’s complex deal to transfer control of the titles to a UAE-backed consortium.</p><p>Nick Hugh, who has run Telegraph Media Group (TMG) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jun/14/telegraph-chief-executive-murdoch-maclennan-steps-down-after-13-years">since 2017</a>, has left the company with immediate effect and did not provide a comment in a statement announcing his departure.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-ceo-steps-down-as-uk-government-prepares-takeover-investigation">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:13:05 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/26/telegraph-ceo-steps-down-as-uk-government-prepares-takeover-investigation</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/70c72f7a8efbe58e459b98f8b5f2cc5e2785519b/216_519_5817_3491/master/5817.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0d5577b92daf042440607361b1566c16"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Belinda Jiao/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/70c72f7a8efbe58e459b98f8b5f2cc5e2785519b/216_519_5817_3491/master/5817.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3b777ecbe2c9a27d4cf03e6ecc1ece05"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Belinda Jiao/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-01-26T12:13:05Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Telegraph takeover: UK government intends to order new investigation into deal</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/24/telegraph-takeover-uk-government-intends-to-order-new-investigation-into-deal</link> <description><p>Move follows last-minute change in corporate structure of Barclay family’s UAE-backed consortium</p><p>The government has said it intends to launch a second investigation into the Barclay family’s complex deal to transfer control of the Telegraph, after its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/24/the-telegraph-the-autocracy-and-free-speech-can-redbird-imi-calm-media-fears">Abu Dhabi-backed consortium partner</a> revealed a last-minute corporate structure change that has raised public interest concerns.</p><p>The culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, said she was “minded to” issue a new public interest intervention notice (PIIN) to call in the regulators Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to look at RedBird IMI’s move to create a new UK holding company to house the Telegraph and its sister magazine, The Spectator, when it takes control of the titles.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/24/telegraph-takeover-uk-government-intends-to-order-new-investigation-into-deal">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/mergers-and-acquisitions">Mergers and acquisitions</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/ofcom">Ofcom</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/regulators">Regulators</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/sheikh-mansour">Sheikh Mansour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/competition-commission">Competition and Markets Authority</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:05:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/24/telegraph-takeover-uk-government-intends-to-order-new-investigation-into-deal</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c348ff1ab1fd9df408ea4c8d375c694a670a27ee/0_146_4368_2621/master/4368.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=08181a1528603c39a0750449e8557c9a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Chris Batson/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c348ff1ab1fd9df408ea4c8d375c694a670a27ee/0_146_4368_2621/master/4368.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ee54cf7b5f3205975c8c1764fb9bf123"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Chris Batson/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-01-24T16:05:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>National archives: Barclay brothers lobbied Labour to scrap inheritance tax</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/national-archives-barclay-brothers-lobbied-labour-to-scrap-inheritance-tax</link> <description><p>Reclusive billionaire twins notorious for use of tax havens met then prime minister Tony Blair in 1999</p><p>The reclusive super-rich twins <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay</a>, who became notorious for their use of tax havens to manage their vast business empire, lobbied the Labour government to abolish inheritance tax altogether, Cabinet Office papers reveal.</p><p>Sir David and Sir Frederick, as well as the latter’s son Aidan Barclay, were present at a 1999 meeting with Tony Blair, then serving his first term as prime minister, the files show.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/national-archives-barclay-brothers-lobbied-labour-to-scrap-inheritance-tax">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/nationalarchives">National Archives</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/tonyblair">Tony Blair</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour">Labour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 06:00:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/national-archives-barclay-brothers-lobbied-labour-to-scrap-inheritance-tax</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3ba00e366edf2523cc46bc8b9041f5878cea79c8/0_123_3965_2378/master/3965.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7f0c45ad181e524bc3dd3a94327970e2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Fraser/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3ba00e366edf2523cc46bc8b9041f5878cea79c8/0_123_3965_2378/master/3965.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2aaf090481fec60342745d60991afbb5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Fraser/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Kevin Rawlinson and Caroline Davies</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-12-29T06:00:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>From right or left, UAE ownership of the Telegraph should be unacceptable | Nils Pratley</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2023/dec/12/from-right-or-left-uae-ownership-of-the-telegraph-should-be-unacceptable</link> <description><p>To state the obvious, the media is more important to free speech and public debate than a football club or a nuclear power station</p><p></p><p>There is a tendency in some leftish quarters to quietly enjoy the agonies of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">the Telegraph</a> and the Spectator as they contemplate the possibility of being owned by a fund controlled by the United Arab Emirates. It’s a bit rich, this line of thinking goes, for the titles – and others with hopes of bagging the loose assets – to be fussy about ownership or the operation of a free market.</p><p>Aren’t they part of the unlovely over-representation in UK medialand of non-doms and foreign and domestic billionaires? If the UAE is deemed a suitable owner of Manchester City and, possibly, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/27/uae-approached-to-invest-sizewell-c-nuclear-power-plant">a slice of Sizewell C</a>, why not trust its assurances that it’ll be a passive operator in the UK and won’t try to throttle free expression as it does at home?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2023/dec/12/from-right-or-left-uae-ownership-of-the-telegraph-should-be-unacceptable">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/the-spectator">The Spectator</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 05:00:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2023/dec/12/from-right-or-left-uae-ownership-of-the-telegraph-should-be-unacceptable</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c86417486c00fb4b7181a31c925e9b8a83769cf/0_204_4335_2602/master/4335.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dae58d00ac8504807c513594d29deebb"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Images/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c86417486c00fb4b7181a31c925e9b8a83769cf/0_204_4335_2602/master/4335.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d4175b30ddb6ee333c07c602099e0c1c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Images/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nils Pratley</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-12-12T05:00:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Barclay family regains control of Telegraph after Abu Dhabi helps pay debt</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/04/barclay-family-regains-control-of-telegraph-after-abu-dhabi-helps-pay-debt</link> <description><p>Planned takeover still requires government approval despite Lloyds receiving funds owed</p><p>The Barclay family officially regained <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/01/barclay-family-expected-to-regain-control-of-telegraph-temporarily">control of the Telegraph newspaper group</a> on Monday, after an Abu Dhabi-backed consortium helped pay off its £1.2bn debt to Lloyds Banking Group, although the fund’s planned takeover still requires the UK government’s blessing.</p><p>Lloyds said on Monday that it had received the money it was owed, after it seized control of the group and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/07/daily-telegraph-and-sunday-telegraph-newspapers-to-be-put-up-for-sale">put its Telegraph and Spectator titles up for sale</a> after a prolonged dispute over debts racked up by its owners, the Barclays.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/04/barclay-family-regains-control-of-telegraph-after-abu-dhabi-helps-pay-debt">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category 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<category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/lloyds-banking-group">Lloyds Banking Group</category> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:37:37 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/04/barclay-family-regains-control-of-telegraph-after-abu-dhabi-helps-pay-debt</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47fa48e12ba4d35299265d6459268447b7c7d04b/41_342_6638_3985/master/6638.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6c86753d5a1cc51f4e3d2de4f4859988"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47fa48e12ba4d35299265d6459268447b7c7d04b/41_342_6638_3985/master/6638.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7b04907a6fe10e44a02a3012504c0b0f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rob Davies</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-12-04T15:37:37Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Barclay family expected to regain control of Telegraph temporarily</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/01/barclay-family-expected-to-regain-control-of-telegraph-temporarily</link> <description><p>Debt repayment will put group step closer to being controlled by consortium backed by UAE</p><p>The Barclay family is expected to close a deal on Friday to regain control of the Telegraph and Spectator temporarily,<strong> </strong>as part of plans that would ultimately put the titles under the control of a consortium backed by the United Arab Emirates.</p><p>The Barclays have engineered a two-stage deal to control the future ownership of the titles, which were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/08/how-the-barclay-empire-lost-its-grip-on-the-daily-telegraph">seized by Lloyds bank in June</a> after the family failed to repay £1.16bn in debts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/01/barclay-family-expected-to-regain-control-of-telegraph-temporarily">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/the-spectator">The Spectator</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category 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</media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/64ee3f87e2bad6d4b4eaaa6ddcc1472ea7f5156b/24_166_5738_3445/master/5738.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=327dcc522082fd0d4eb22d1c86853b43"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-12-01T10:41:25Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>MPs add to pressure on ministers to vet Barclay family’s Telegraph offer</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/29/mps-add-to-pressure-on-ministers-to-vet-barclay-family-telegraph-offer</link> <description><p>Call for national security law to be used to investigate proposed deal involving consortium backed by UAE</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/nov/29/theresa-may-criticise-rishi-sunak-oil-gas-licences-north-sea-green-policy-covid-inquiry-uk-politics-latest">UK politics live – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>A group of MPs including the former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith have asked ministers to use national security law to investigate the Barclay family’s proposed deal to give control of the Telegraph to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/24/the-telegraph-the-autocracy-and-free-speech-can-redbird-imi-calm-media-fears">consortium backed by the United Arab Emirates</a>.</p><p>The group of 18 MPs, which also includes Alicia Kearns, the chair of the foreign affairs committee, have written to the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, arguing that the proposed deal poses a “very real potential national security threat”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/29/mps-add-to-pressure-on-ministers-to-vet-barclay-family-telegraph-offer">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily 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Duncan Smith</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/lloyds-banking-group">Lloyds Banking Group</category> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:38:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/29/mps-add-to-pressure-on-ministers-to-vet-barclay-family-telegraph-offer</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4b292437de49abf63d4499ac6b8388fe0e45db9c/5_71_1758_1056/master/1758.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=435d598d9926930e8c0a1ce079b9bae7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Boardman/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4b292437de49abf63d4499ac6b8388fe0e45db9c/5_71_1758_1056/master/1758.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=44dadbe52060a58f45c316c44066d169"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Boardman/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-11-29T13:38:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Why is the Telegraph up for sale and who wants to buy it?</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/28/why-is-the-telegraph-up-for-sale-and-who-wants-to-buy-it</link> <description><p>Potential buyers include a consortium that has vowed to pay off the current owners’ debts, the Daily Mail owner and a GB News investor</p><p>The Daily and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</a> and their stablemate, the Spectator, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/07/daily-telegraph-and-sunday-telegraph-newspapers-to-be-put-up-for-sale">were put up for sale in June</a> after the failure of the current owners, the Barclay family, to repay debts of £1.15bn to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/lloyds-banking-group">Lloyds Banking Group</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/28/why-is-the-telegraph-up-for-sale-and-who-wants-to-buy-it">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/sheikh-mansour">Sheikh Mansour</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dmgt">Daily Mail & General Trust</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category 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url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7431b5ad2cb192159c4a82958baa277bf4fa0c15/0_0_4200_2520/master/4200.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fd8cbaa2d9a985675e45fa4376ede553"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Uae Presidential Court/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Alexandra Topping</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-11-28T14:11:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Sale of Telegraph paused as consortium pledges to repay Barclay debts</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/21/sale-of-telegraph-paused-as-consortium-pledges-to-repay-barclay-debts</link> <description><p>Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI’s announcement casts doubt over auction process</p><p>The auction of the Telegraph newspapers and the Spectator titles has been paused after an Abu Dhabi-backed consortium pledged to repay debts owed by their publishing group’s previous owners, the Barclay family.</p><p>RedBird IMI, a joint venture between the American firm RedBird Capital and International Media Investments of Abu Dhabi, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/20/redbird-imi-telegraph-spectator-barclay-family-loans-debts">announced on Monday</a> that it had stepped in to provide loans to the family, allowing them to pay off their debts to Lloyds Banking Group.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/21/sale-of-telegraph-paused-as-consortium-pledges-to-repay-barclay-debts">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category 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James Fraser/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Alex Lawson</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-11-21T17:07:08Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Abu Dhabi-backed fund says it will take control of Telegraph and Spectator</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/20/redbird-imi-telegraph-spectator-barclay-family-loans-debts</link> <description><p>RedBird IMI ‘reaches agreement’ on package of loans to repay debts owed by Barclay family</p><p>The Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund RedBird IMI has said it is to take control of the Telegraph and Spectator after agreeing loans to repay debts owed by their publishing group’s previous owners, the Barclay family.</p><p>The deal would entail a joint venture between the US firm RedBird Capital and International Media Investments of Abu Dhabi providing loans to the family, allowing them to pay off their debts to Lloyds Banking Group and take back the publications within weeks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/20/redbird-imi-telegraph-spectator-barclay-family-loans-debts">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/the-spectator">The Spectator</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/magazines">Magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:09:57 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/20/redbird-imi-telegraph-spectator-barclay-family-loans-debts</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/561e738c09c8f58a6301b021ab1f357ced705f4b/0_237_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c2fb5b0fc8726eb299e8dc3cdfdab16a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/561e738c09c8f58a6301b021ab1f357ced705f4b/0_237_6720_4032/master/6720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f7a205e537c1b71590f765a62b5776d5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Alex Lawson</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-11-20T17:09:57Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>MPs want UK national security law used to vet Barclay family’s Telegraph offer</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/19/mps-want-uk-national-security-law-used-to-vet-barclay-family-telegraph-offer</link> <description><p>Financing from Abu Dhabi investors secured for bid but use of overseas sovereign wealth questioned</p><p>A group of Conservative MPs have written to the government asking it to use the UK’s national security laws to investigate the Barclay family’s attempt to regain control of the Telegraph newspaper group with funding from Abu Dhabi.<br><br>MPs, including Edward Leigh, John Hayes and the life peer Margaret Eaton, have written to the deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, and the culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, questioning the use of overseas sovereign wealth to buy Telegraph Media Group, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/53a54da7-209a-4354-9778-55b1524efe51">the Financial Times reported</a>.</p><p>The Barclays had owned the group, which includes the Daily and Sunday Telegraph as well as the Spectator, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jul/30/pressandpublishing.thedailytelegraph">since 2004</a> but Lloyds Banking Group took control of it in June after the family failed to reach an agreement over more than £1bn in unpaid debt. It has since been put up for sale by the bank in an auction run by Goldman Sachs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/19/mps-want-uk-national-security-law-used-to-vet-barclay-family-telegraph-offer">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/the-spectator">The Spectator</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/united-arab-emirates">United Arab Emirates</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/lloyds-banking-group">Lloyds Banking Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/magazines">Magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives">Conservatives</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:15:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/19/mps-want-uk-national-security-law-used-to-vet-barclay-family-telegraph-offer</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47fa48e12ba4d35299265d6459268447b7c7d04b/41_342_6638_3985/master/6638.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6c86753d5a1cc51f4e3d2de4f4859988"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/47fa48e12ba4d35299265d6459268447b7c7d04b/41_342_6638_3985/master/6638.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7b04907a6fe10e44a02a3012504c0b0f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Julia Kollewe</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-11-19T18:15:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Barclay family’s £1bn ‘back door’ offer for Telegraph alarms rival bidders</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/26/barclay-familys-1bn-back-door-offer-telegraph-alarm-rival-bidders-auction</link> <description><p>Source close to process says there are concerns offer could have ‘chilling affect’ on auction for media group</p><p>Bidders for the Telegraph are concerned the Barclay family’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/16/barclay-family-bid-telegraph-media-group-abu-dhabi">£1bn “back door” offer</a> could have a “chilling effect” on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/20/sale-of-telegraph-newspapers-and-spectator-kicks-off">the official auction</a>, according to a source close to the process.</p><p>On Monday, the Barclays confirmed that they would make a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/16/barclay-family-bid-telegraph-media-group-abu-dhabi">£1bn Middle Eastern-backed </a>offer to keep control of the Telegraph and Spectator titles. The business was seized by Lloyds bank in June after the family failed to reach an agreement over unpaid debt, at a hearing in the British Virgin Islands.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/26/barclay-familys-1bn-back-door-offer-telegraph-alarm-rival-bidders-auction">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediabusiness">Media business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:00:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/26/barclay-familys-1bn-back-door-offer-telegraph-alarm-rival-bidders-auction</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c86417486c00fb4b7181a31c925e9b8a83769cf/0_102_4335_2602/master/4335.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a174e98e60fbb148a898715434fd4e95"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Images/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7c86417486c00fb4b7181a31c925e9b8a83769cf/0_102_4335_2602/master/4335.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0950d49e72235ec3250e67a5cc9ff34d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Images/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-10-26T05:00:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty by Jane Martinson review – succession saga</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/21/you-may-never-see-us-again-barclay-dynasty-by-jane-martinson-review</link> <description><p>A meticulously reported story of power, politics and feuding at the heart of a British media empire</p><p>Endless column inches have been filled with comparisons between the recently concluded HBO series Succession and the real-life dynastic struggles of the Murdoch clan. But for seasoned media-watchers, there has been a far more dramatic generational handover taking place, and it involves the empire once owned by David and Frederick Barclay.</p><p>It’s the story of these twins and the business they built that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/janemartinson" title="">Jane Martinson</a> tells in You May Never See Us Again. Martinson is a former media editor of the Guardian, now professor of financial journalism at City, University of London (for transparency, I should say that we have been colleagues at both institutions).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/21/you-may-never-see-us-again-barclay-dynasty-by-jane-martinson-review">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/books/biography">Biography books</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/books/books">Books</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/the-spectator">The Spectator</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 06:30:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/21/you-may-never-see-us-again-barclay-dynasty-by-jane-martinson-review</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d40cdf5a7beb5b32d89276f3bdcb0651b9dfc1e3/0_57_1290_774/master/1290.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fdc25c85d56a5bbac8b962204e97af77"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Michael Stephens/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d40cdf5a7beb5b32d89276f3bdcb0651b9dfc1e3/0_57_1290_774/master/1290.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ce190cd37c5eb42d7fd14d78f397edf4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Michael Stephens/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>James Ball</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-10-21T06:30:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Sale of Telegraph newspapers and Spectator kicks off</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/20/sale-of-telegraph-newspapers-and-spectator-kicks-off</link> <description><p>Last-ditch attempt by Barclay family to shut down auction with blockbuster £1bn offer thwarted</p><p>The sale of the Telegraph newspapers and the Spectator has kicked off, thwarting a last-ditch attempt by the Barclay family to shut down the auction <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/16/barclay-family-bid-telegraph-media-group-abu-dhabi">with a blockbuster £1bn offer</a>.</p><p>On Friday morning, the boards of the parent companies of Telegraph Media Group (TMG), the parent company of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, and the Spectator said that the advisers Goldman Sachs had launched a sales process for each of the businesses.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/20/sale-of-telegraph-newspapers-and-spectator-kicks-off">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/dailytelegraph">Daily Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/sunday-telegraph">Sunday Telegraph</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/the-spectator">The Spectator</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/business/business">Business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/magazines">Magazines</category> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:23:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/20/sale-of-telegraph-newspapers-and-spectator-kicks-off</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4b292437de49abf63d4499ac6b8388fe0e45db9c/0_61_1772_1063/master/1772.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=88c17598ca2d3fb2b7d9be02447c2dea"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Boardman/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4b292437de49abf63d4499ac6b8388fe0e45db9c/0_61_1772_1063/master/1772.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=62fcd5f5a050a7bd9f4b01a70bd0f455"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: James Boardman/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-10-20T09:23:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Why own a newspaper in 2023? Ask the very rich men trying to buy the Telegraph | Jane Martinson</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/newspaper-very-rich-men-buy-telegraph</link> <description><p>With debts of £1bn, this isn’t some ordinary financial asset. The desire to own the papers says more about power than profit</p><p>So much has changed in the generation since the Telegraph newspapers and the Spectator magazine were last <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jun/23/pressandpublishing.thedailytelegraph">put up for sale in 2004</a>, including how much money they make. Yet one constant remains: the desire of very rich men to own them.</p><p>At least a dozen bidders have emerged as potential buyers <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/14/telegraph-auction-poses-litmus-test-for-value-of-newspapers-in-digital-age">in an auction</a> meant to kick off this week, while the most recent owners have just come up with an audacious plan to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/16/barclay-family-bid-telegraph-media-group-abu-dhabi">win back control</a> from Lloyds bank. This desire says a lot more about power than profit, and even more about modern Britain.</p><p>Jane Martinson is a Guardian columnist. Her latest book is <a href="https://guardianbookshop.com/you-may-never-see-us-again-9780241660690?utm_source=editoriallink&amp;utm_medium=merch&amp;utm_campaign=article">You May Never See Us Again</a>, The Barclay Dynasty: A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession (Penguin Business, £25)</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/newspaper-very-rich-men-buy-telegraph">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/telegraphmediagroup">Telegraph Media Group</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/national-newspapers">National newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/newspapers">Newspapers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/pressandpublishing">Newspapers & magazines</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:00:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/newspaper-very-rich-men-buy-telegraph</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8da01544fd85326684602f088b6ca1ee8eda6666/0_57_4896_2938/master/4896.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6a7ef41e90c5527b7dd6c9818f2c1074"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Kathy deWitt/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8da01544fd85326684602f088b6ca1ee8eda6666/0_57_4896_2938/master/4896.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0be4e0bb9db4835cf040b4d4439634a4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Kathy deWitt/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jane Martinson</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-10-19T11:00:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Barclay family put superyacht up for sale for £19m</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/04/barclay-family-put-superyacht-up-for-sale-for-19m</link> <description><p>The Lady Beatrice was purchased in 1993 and will be auctioned later in October</p><p>The superyacht reportedly named after the billionaire Barclay brothers’ mother, <a href="https://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/lady-beatrice/photos">the Lady Beatrice</a>, has been put up for sale by the family with a €22m (£19m) price tag.</p><p>Sir Frederick and the late Sir David, whose family <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/27/barclay-family-aim-to-regain-telegraph-control-with-uae-backing-report">is in a battle to retain The Telegraph</a> newspaper group that is to be auctioned later this month, took delivery of the 60-metre yacht in 1993 and it has remained in the family.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/04/barclay-family-put-superyacht-up-for-sale-for-19m">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/barclay-brothers">Barclay brothers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/media/media">Media</category> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:16:04 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/04/barclay-family-put-superyacht-up-for-sale-for-19m</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/39dcef5814424ad68a5b3f2f3111e4f8fa108bfb/0_65_3043_1825/master/3043.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=888e44d3346240ef695a2f6c2bef80f9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/39dcef5814424ad68a5b3f2f3111e4f8fa108bfb/0_65_3043_1825/master/3043.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=919692026043518e3111c0dfc8aacd3d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Sweney</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-10-04T17:16:04Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Bild publisher Axel Springer eyes Telegraph auction</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/01/bild-publisher-axel-springer-eyes-telegraph-auction</link> <description><p>German company registers interest with Goldman Sachs ahead of Telegraph Media Group auction </p><p>German media company Axel Springer has officially expressed interest in buying the Telegraph, prompting the prospect of a bidding war for the newspaper group.</p><p>The Berlin-based media conglomerate, which was trumped by the Barclay brothers in a bidding battle for the Telegraph and the Spectator magazine in 2004, has notified bankers of its interest in joining the auction of Telegraph Media Group.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/01/bild-publisher-axel-springer-eyes-telegraph-auction">Continue reading...</a></description> <category 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