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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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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 National (Scotland)

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

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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

Evening Standard

Inside The Spectator summer party: Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch share teary embrace

Famous faces at the magazine’s annual party included Professor Jordan Peterson and Big Suze from Peep Show

The Guardian - UK

‘Honeymoon will be very, very short’: rightwing media is set to turn on Starmer

The new Labour government won’t have long to prove itself before the press holds its feet to the fire, as the Sun has promised

Reason

My New Spectator (UK) Article on "The (Selfish) Case for Immigration"

The article explains how immigration has major benefits for receiving-country natives, with a focus on Britain.

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The Guardian - UK

James Forsyth: the key aide sharing the burden of Sunak’s likely demise

Former Spectator political editor is old school friend who became PM’s best man and closest political confidant

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer promises no capital gains tax on sales of homes

Labour leader rejects ‘desperate’ claim from Tory party that he has secret property tax plans

Evening Standard

Drinks! Canapés! Gossip! Our insider guide to London’s exclusive summer parties

From the political bash to the high art event, a behind-the-scenes look at what really goes on inside the capital’s most exciting soirées

The Guardian - UK

Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election

Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future

The Guardian - UK

This much now seems clear: Sunak can’t avoid a Tory collapse, but he might shape a resurgence

A win looks remote, but if more allies get selected, he could yet halt the slide further right, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK

UK government was ‘scared’, says man behind failed UAE-backed Telegraph bid

RedBird IMI deal effectively killed by new legislation blocking foreign states from owning UK newspapers

Evening Standard

Politicians should stop trying to be trendy and 'champion local makers', says fashion designer Patrick Grant

Sadiq Khan is sporting a 'Robin Hood' suit and Rishi Sunak is wearing Adidas Sambas

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