The Guardian and The Observer office at Kings Place, London, September 17, 2024
TALKS are under way to sell the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to news website Tortoise Media.
The Guardian Media Group is in exclusive discussions to sell the paper, founded in 1791, to the news business launched in 2019.
Tortoise approached the group with an offer to buy the publication and invest more than £25 million over the next five years in the editorial and commercial side of the business.
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As advertising drains away, newsrooms shrink and local papers disappear, MIKE WAYNE argues that the market model for news is broken – and that public-interest alternatives, rooted in democratic accountability, are more necessary than ever
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