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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Owner of Scotsman and Yorkshire Post receives buyout bid

The Scotsman newspaper masthead above a newsagent's shop on Cockburn Street in Edinburgh
The offer for National World represents a 40% premium to its share price. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

National World, the owner of the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post and underbidder in the auction for the Telegraph titles, has received a buyout proposal from its largest shareholder.

Media Concierge, the biggest player in the Irish newspaper market with 22 local titles including the Derry News, Limerick Leader and Kilkenny People, has submitted a nonbinding proposal valuing one of the UK’s biggest regional and local newspaper groups at £56.2m.

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