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Guardian newspaper confirms sale of Sunday sister paper The Observer to Tortoise Media

The owner of Britain’s Guardian newspaper has confirmed that it has sold the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media for an undisclosed fee

The Independent UK

Observer appoints Lucy Rock as editor as Tortoise Media sale confirmed

Title’s first female editor in more than a century will work alongside a digital editor, as Observer builds online brand

The Guardian - UK

Scott Trust and Guardian Media Group sign a deal with Tortoise Media to buy the Observer

The Scott Trust and Guardian Media Group (GMG) have signed a deal with Tortoise Media to buy the Observer.

The Guardian - UK

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Journalists begin second strike over proposed deal to sell the Observer to Tortoise Media

Second two-day action follows news that the deal was agreed in principle last week by the Scott Trust

The Guardian - UK

Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer

Letter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust

The Guardian - UK

As the Observer’s editor, I was not consulted on its sale to Tortoise Media

Letters: Former Observer editor Paul Webster responds to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

The Guardian - UK

Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered

Letters: Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

The Guardian - UK

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Deal agreed to sell the Observer to Tortoise media organisation

Newspaper’s owner, the Scott Trust, to sign contract in coming days, despite strike by Guardian and Observer journalists

The Guardian - UK

We want what’s best for the Observer – and the Guardian. That’s why the deal with Tortoise makes sense

The world’s oldest Sunday paper must have resources, a modern strategy and a new focus to thrive. This agreement guarantees all three, says Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust

The Guardian - UK

Guardian urged to ‘press pause’ on Observer sale as more strikes planned

Staff are planning two days of action next week over the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media

The Independent UK

The Observer sale and the Guardian strike

Letters: Readers respond to this week’s strike by journalists at the Guardian and Observer, and the proposed sale of the latter to Tortoise Media

The Guardian - UK

Sale of UK's Observer, world's oldest Sunday newspaper and a bastion of liberal values, is agreed

The sale of the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper and a bastion of liberal values in Britain’s media landscape, has been approved, despite two days of strike action from journalists this week

The Independent UK

Observer newspaper sale to Tortoise Media is approved

The Sunday newspaper will be sold to Tortoise Media

Evening Standard

Sale of Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media agreed

The Sunday newspaper will be sold to Tortoise Media

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The Guardian - UK

Sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media agreed in principle

Scott Trust will become a key shareholder and take a seat on both the editorial and commercial boards of the company

The Guardian - UK

The Scott Trust and the Guardian Media Group Boards agree sale in principle of the Observer to Tortoise Media

The Guardian - UK

Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media

Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday

The Guardian - UK

Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer

Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

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Evening Standard

Are The Guardian and The Observer about to part ways?

With Labour in power, the paper should be driving the agenda – instead, it’s at war with itself

The Guardian - UK

Dr Jonathan Paine joins Scott Trust board

Dr Jonathan Paine has been appointed to the Scott Trust board and will also join the Scott Trust Endowment board. He will also become a member of the joint audit committee for the group.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian announces two new Manchester appointments

The new roles, based in the Guardian’s Manchester office, are part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, which uncovered links between the founders of the Manchester Guardian and transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to historian lauded for work on Atlantic slavery

Prof Trevor Burnard’s expertise helped lead to apology by the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian, over links to trade

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: One year on from the Guardian’s look at its historic connections to slavery

In today’s newsletter: What the Legacies of Engagement programme has achieved in its first year – and what’s still to do

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian appoints first Caribbean correspondent

Natricia Duncan’s role, unique to UK news media, is one of seven new appointments – two in the US – since Legacies of Enslavement report

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian appoints new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America, Africa and the UK, boosting its coverage of underreported communities

The new editorial roles form part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, marking one year since the publication of its report into the Guardian’s historical links with transatlantic slavery

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