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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage and Mark Sweney

Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?

Illustration showing Rothermere and Murdoch on stacked-up TV screens, with the one on top showing Rothermere. They are stacked on top of a pile of £20 notes
Lord Rothermere’s hopes of creating a conservative media powerhouse have been rekindled by the Telegraph bid. Composite: Guardian Design/PA/Getty Images/Reuters/Invision/AP/ DMGT/PA/

Waiting two decades for another chance to snaffle a prized business acquisition is a luxury not afforded to many executives. The Rothermere family, however, takes a more relaxed approach to time.

While most business boards draw up five-year plans, the Rothermeres, having compiled a feared media empire over more than a century, are used to thinking in terms of generations.

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