The chairman of The Spectator called on the government to block the Abu Dhabi-backed bid for the Telegraph newspaper group last night on the grounds that no foreign state should own major UK media assets.
Speaking on Newsnight, Andrew Neil said: “You cannot have a major mainstream newspaper group owned by an undemocratic government or dictatorship where no one has a vote.”
Neil was speaking as Anna Jones was appointed chief executive of Telegraph Media Group in a boardroom reshuffle before a possible acquisition by the Abu Dhabi-backed fund. Jones, the former boss of the media group Hearst in the UK, replaces Nick Hugh.
RedBird IMI, a joint venture part-funded by an Emirati royal, is seeking to take control of the Telegraph newspapers and
