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Has Richard Desmond's £50m financial setback opened the door to DSS buyers Howell and Douglas?

Has Richard Desmond’s £50m financial setback opened the door to DSS buyers Howell and Douglas?

By Stephen Foster on August 17, 2012

A couple of days ago we reported on the plan by former adman Rupert Howell and journalist Sue Douglas to buy Richard Desmond’s Daily Star Sunday, a move that seemed odd in the extreme as newspapers are hardly booming in the UK (or likely to). But, under Desmond’s ruthless cost management, the DSS does actually [...]

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Rupert Howell and Sue Douglas mull new Sunday tabloid contender - are they mad or really mad?

Rupert Howell and Sue Douglas mull new Sunday tabloid contender – are they mad or really mad?

By Stephen Foster on August 15, 2012

Sue Douglas, who used to be a big noise at the Sunday Times and then at Conde Nast, and Rupert Howell (left), one of the H’s in HHCL and then the boss of McCann Europe and the chief salesman at ITV, are supposed to be talking to Northern & Shell owner Richard Desmond about buying [...]

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'Boring and bland' but Murdoch's new Sun on Sunday sells three million, pulls in the ads

‘Boring and bland’ but Murdoch’s new Sun on Sunday sells three million, pulls in the ads

By Stephen Foster on February 27, 2012

Job done really as Rupert Murdoch’s hastily-launched seventh-day Sun sold out in many locations yesterday and pulled in an impressive list of advertisers, not all of the from WPP’s GroupM, his biggest ally in the business of re-establishing News Corp’s UK newspaper revenues and profits. And here’s the old boy himself (and Sun editor Dominic [...]

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