Trinity Mirror presses ahead with deal to acquire titles from Richard Desmond after failed talks on back-office merger
The publisher of the Daily Mirror is in exclusive talks with Richard Desmond to buy the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star, in a deal thought to be worth about £130m.
Trinity Mirror has made the move after a wider deal – led by former Mirror executive David Montgomery – to combine the back office and sales businesses of the two publishers failed after months of negotiations.