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Efune insists his Daily and Sunday Telegraph bid is still on track

Asset manager Oaktree out of running as backer but businessman has ‘high confidence’ he will get finance

The Guardian - UK

‘High energy, high risk’: Tories already wonder if Kemi Badenoch will last until the next election

She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break her, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK

Farage and Reform ‘not the cause of Tory problems, but a symptom’, says Badenoch – as it happened

The Tory leadership candidate says the party churned out a laundry-list of promises instead of listening to members

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The BBC has rehabilitated Michael Gove from Brexit hysteric into genial radio jock

In handing him his own series, the corporation is relaunching yet another failed politician

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove scorns ‘Tory boy’ Robert Jenrick and praises ‘brave’ Kemi Badenoch

Former minister says Kemi Badenoch’s reputation for ‘getting into scraps’ is a good thing

The Independent UK

Telegraph takeover: ‘concern’ in newsroom over Dovid Efune talks

New York Sun owner’s hardline stance about Middle East prompts fears over editorial independence

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove, Spectator editor: an expert explains the long relationship between Westminster and the media

Michael Gove has a new job. The former Conservative MP and senior government minister will take over as editor of The Spectator this month, assuming the UK’s advisory committee on business appointments raises no objections.

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Call this a party conference? It’s more like a weird Tory festival of mass delusion

Delegates are confused about the past and mired in false hope about their future, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Telegraph auction: New York Sun owner a frontrunner as deadline looms

Suitors such as Dovid Efune and new Spectator owner Paul Marshall have until end of Friday to submit offers

The Guardian - UK

UK political magazine The Spectator's new editor is Michael Gove

Michael Gove has been appointed as the editor of The Spectator which is one of the world’s oldest political magazines

The Independent UK

Michael Gove named as Spectator editor after GB News backer’s takeover

Former Tory minister to take reins at magazine bought recently by Paul Marshall, with Charles Moore as chair

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove appointed new editor of The Spectator following £100m sale

Former Tory minister will take over from current editor Fraser Nelson next month, magazine announces

The Independent UK

What the Spectator takeover means for the UK’s right-wing media and politics

Despite the Conservatives’ defeat in the recent general election, the right-wing media in Britain appears to be thriving – judging by the eye-watering price for which the weekly right-wing magazine The Spectator has just been sold.

The Conversation

What now for the Spectator under Paul Marshall’s ownership? The signs are pointing further right

Look for clues at the hedge fund manager’s GB News, where militant agitation trumps ratings and integrity, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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The new owner of the Spectator didn’t cough up £100m just for the fun of it

Print media do face challenges but the influence they offer – especially on the right – is considerable

The Independent UK

Andrew Neil steps down as Spectator chair after £100m sale to GB News investor finalised

Paul Marshall, the investor behind GB News, has bought The Spectator

The Guardian - UK

GB News investor Paul Marshall seals £100m deal to buy Spectator

Hedge fund tycoon is also in talks with RedBird IMI to acquire Daily and Sunday Telegraph

The Guardian - UK

GB News investor Paul Marshall poised to buy the Spectator

Hedge fund tycoon in talks with Telegraph owner RedBird IMI to acquire magazine for up to £100m

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Billionaire GB News backer 'set to close Spectator buy-out'

HEDGE-FUND billionaire Paul Marshall is reportedly set to ramp up his media empire building as he closes in on a multi-million pound deal to buy The…

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson yet to appear on GB News 10 months after being signed up as a presenter

The former PM, working on his memoirs, has still not hosted a programme for the right-leaning channel – and his publisher awaits book slated for a 2016 release

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘courted for Telegraph role’ as Nadhim Zahawi plots bid

Backers are reportedly told the former prime minister has been sounded out as paper’s global editor-in-chief

The Guardian - UK

The combative ‘anti-woke warrior’: why the Tories are starkly divided over Kemi Badenoch

The party leadership candidate knows how to make enemies. But to win the prize she wants, she’ll need to make friends too, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK

Private equity firm behind Six Nations rugby considers bid for Telegraph

Potential bid by CVC Capital Partners believed to be structured to back newspaper group’s management team

The Guardian - UK

A fight for the soul of the Tory party is inevitable. Rishi Sunak staying on may make it worse

Without a timetable for the leadership race, the current uneasy truce might hold for a while, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s political editor

The Guardian - UK

Battle resumes to take control of Telegraph – and the Tory soul

After year in ownerless limbo, Conservative party’s bible goes up for sale in second auction next week

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