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Right turn on green: is the Telegraph changing its tune on the climate?

Flurry of articles has raised eyebrows and prompted a response from Kemi Badenoch defending stance on net zero

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

‘No one’s even heard of the Telegraph’: can the UK’s most conservative paper take on Murdoch in the US?

Axel Springer boss has ‘bold vision’ for the media group, but identifying a gap is no guarantee of stateside success

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

Telegraph’s £575m takeover by German group completed

Acquisition by Axel Springer ends three years of uncertainty over ownership of 171-year-old titles

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

Will the Telegraph’s new owner curb its wilder excesses – or make them worse?

Mathias Döpfner beat the Mail to seize a British institution. But whether he will be a sobering or malign influence is not yet clear, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12

Who is Axel Springer? The German media group set to buy the Telegraph

Axel Springer was founded 80 years ago by its namesake in post-war Hamburg, Germany

The Independent UK · Mar 6

Who is Axel Springer, the German media group buying The Telegraph?

Axel Springer was founded 80 years ago by its namesake in post-war Hamburg, Germany.

Evening Standard · Mar 6

German media group Axel Springer will buy the publisher of UK's Daily Telegraph for $766 million

German media group Axel Springer has agreed to buy the owner of Britain’s Daily Telegraph in a deal worth $766 million

The Independent UK · Mar 6

Axel Springer to buy Telegraph in £575m deal

‘Now our dream comes true’, German media executive Mathias Döpfner said

The Independent UK · Mar 6

German media group Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m

It comes after Daily Mail and General Trust had previously agreed a deal to buy the Telegraph last year.

Evening Standard · Mar 6

How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza

In the run-up to this week’s deadly attacks, stories linking Palestinian reporters to Hamas gained currency, says Berlin-based journalist Hanno Hauenstein

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025