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Media Editor @BBCNews; @BBCRadio4 (#MediaShow #StartTheWeek #Rethink); @BBCRadio2; @BBCTheOneShow. Reggae nut. Author #Twirlymen. Born Calcutta; raised Tooting

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    Amol Rajan‏Verified account @amolrajan Feb 1

    1/ SCOOP: Consortium led by Matt Kelly, and including @lionelbarber, ex-@bbc/@nytimes boss Mark Thompson, Ed Williams of Edelman and @taavet have bought @theneweuropean from Archant. Kelly is Editor-in-Chief + CEO. Gavin O'Reilly is Chair. More on my blog shortly

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      2. Amol Rajan‏Verified account @amolrajan Feb 1

        2/ Other investors include: Robin Klein (Index Ventures), Saul Klein (Local Globe), Barry Maloney (Balderton), Jeff Henry (ex-CEO of Archant who green-lit the title), journalist Steve Anglesey, ex-McKinsey partner Cornelius Walter and entrepreneur Niels Kroninger. 14 in total...

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      3. Amol Rajan‏Verified account @amolrajan Feb 1

        3/ Title had initial print run of 4 weeks in 2016. With 7,000 news stand sales and 10,000+ subscribers, now makes small profit - on shoestring budget. Early investment will push it into losses. UK print market small/ crowded so long-term needs to persuade people to pay online

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      4. Amol Rajan‏Verified account @amolrajan Feb 1

        4/ And here's my @bbcnews blog:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55860118 …

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      1. Haider Bahrani  🎧 #PlaysGuitar‏ @HaiderBahrani Feb 1
        Replying to @amolrajan @lionelbarber and

        Someone thinks tehre is mileage in this. They may well be right. Cranialism is the new ism😎

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      1. Julian Sheldon‏ @juliansheldon Feb 1
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        👏👏💪

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      1. Helen‏ @HelenMagi Feb 1
        Replying to @amolrajan @lionelbarber and

        Good news. 👏🏻

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      2. Annoying Protester‏ @crookedmeadows Feb 1
        Replying to @amolrajan @lionelbarber and

        Do you think that the new consortium has aspirations for a Europhile foil to @afneil GBNews?

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      3. JP910  💙‏ @JP091024 Feb 1
        Replying to @crookedmeadows @amolrajan and

        I hope so

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      2. Bearded Folly  💙 #FBPA #3.5%‏ @MoonrakerXI Feb 1
        Replying to @amolrajan @lionelbarber and

        That's the title that never gets a mention in any of the @BBC's what the papers say features.

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