RedBird IMI boss says Spectator magazine could have been acquired separately
Culture secretary says UK ‘not stopping’ foreign investment as she defends blocking sale to Abu Dhabi-backed company
Abu Dhabi-backed group will auction off newspaper and Spectator magazine after UK government blocked takeover
Resulting auction process expected to attract bidders including Rupert Murdoch and hedge fund boss Paul Marshall
Culture secretary ‘minded to refer’ deal involving British media group to Competition and Markets Authority
Venture between US-based RedBird and Abu Dhabi’s IMI is aiming to recoup £600mn investment
Rishi Sunak’s ‘hand was forced’ as PM acts to change law to stop foreign states from buying media groups
UK will change law to prohibit governments from owning British news organisations
Rishi Sunak under growing pressure to veto newspaper group’s purchase by Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI
Firms to provide £125mn package for retail and financial services group
Filings show that companies including the Very Group have new charges linked to an IMI deal
Independent board to oversee newspaper as prospective Abu Dhabi-backed bidder awaits outcome for takeover
Abu Dhabi-backed group is banned from controlling the newspaper while regulators scrutinise its bid
Regulators to investigate RedBird IMI’s debt for equity deal, but not its repayment of bank loans owed by the Barclay family
Gulf state funding RedBird IMI’s bid for UK newspaper has sought to build English-speaking media assets for past 15 years
Redbird IMI plans to offer further assurances to ensure independence of the newspaper
Tories concerned that family’s offer to repay media group’s £1.1bn debt will use funding from Abu Dhabi
Family had turned to Abu Dhabi to back its latest offer to regain control of UK newspaper group
Long-awaited process kicks off after Lloyds seized control of titles from Barclay family
Access to UK newspaper’s books will help bidders determine a price but its value also lies in political reach
German media company joins growing list of international investors considering bid for conservative publisher
Hedge fund founders in consortium seeking to buy UK media organisation at auction expected within weeks
Czech billionaire has been on a buying spree but says he will not pay outsized prices for ‘trophy’ assets
How a decade-long effort to restructure loans extended to the reclusive businessmen’s empire culminated in Lloyds Banking Group seizing control of a national newspaper
Gulf finance in demand as rival media groups circle conservative broadsheet
