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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Alan Jones

Observer newspaper sale to Tortoise Media is approved

The sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media has been approved, it was announced on Friday.

The move by the boards of its owner Scott Trust and the Guardian Media Group followed a 48-hour strike this week by journalists on the Observer and the Guardian in protest at the sale.

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