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  • Fayed set to bid for Telegraph

    11/29/2003 6:42:46 PM PST · by aculeus · 16 replies · 246+ views
    The Observer (UK) ^ | November 30, 2003 | James Robinson, media business correspondent
    Harrods owner Mohammed Fayed is preparing a bid for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers. He is assembling a team of senior newspaper executives to work on an offer. Fayed is believed to have contacted Lazards, the investment bank hired by Hollinger International - the Telegraphs' parent company - which is carrying out a strategic review that is likely to lead to a sale. Fayed has also met Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers and one of the favourites to buy the Telegraphs should they be put up for sale. Desmond and Hollinger each own half of the West Ferry...