Movim • Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m, elbowing aside Daily Mail owner

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Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m, elbowing aside Daily Mail owner

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 March 2026

German owner of Bild and Die Welt is understood to have agreed all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

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Axel Springer, the owner of Politico and Business Insider, is to acquire the Telegraph after tabling a £575m deal that has scuppered a rival deal from the owner of the Daily Mail.

Springer, which also owns Europe’s biggest newspaper, Bild, and the daily Die Welt, is understood to have agreed an all-cash deal for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.

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Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m, elbowing aside Daily Mail owner

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 March 2026

German owner of Bild and Die Welt is understood to have agreed all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

Business live – latest updates

Axel Springer, the owner of Politico and Business Insider, is to acquire the Telegraph after tabling a £575m deal that has scuppered a rival deal from the owner of the Daily Mail.

Springer, which also owns Europe’s biggest newspaper, Bild, and the daily Die Welt, is understood to have agreed an all-cash deal for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.

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Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m, elbowing aside Daily Mail owner

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 March 2026

German owner of Bild and Die Welt is understood to have agreed all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

Business live – latest updates

Axel Springer, the owner of Politico and Business Insider, is to acquire the Telegraph after tabling a £575m deal that has scuppered a rival deal from the owner of the Daily Mail.

Springer, which also owns Europe’s biggest newspaper, Bild, and the daily Die Welt, is understood to have agreed an all-cash deal for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.