Flint Global, the public affairs firm set up by Ed Richards, is giving secret advice to RedBird IMI amid growing calls for the government to order an inquiry into the titles’ takeover, Sky News learns.
The Barclay family is aiming to repay a long-standing debt to Lloyds Banking Group within a fortnight to regain control of The Daily Telegraph and Spectator, Sky News learns.
RedBird IMI, a vehicle headed by former CNN president Jeff Zucker, has agreed to finance part of the Barclays efforts to regain control of the broadsheet newspapers, Sky News can exclusively reveal.
The Barclay family has enlisted financial backing from Abu Dhabi investors to lodge a £1bn offer that they hope will derail an auction of the newspapers, Sky News learns.