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’Lachlan Murdoch ditches Nielsen bid
Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and a director of his News Corp empire, has withdrawn at the last minute from a consortium bidding for the bulk of Nielsen Business Media. Pluribus Capital Management,
Lachlan Murdoch buys Nielsen assets
Lachlan Murdoch’s Illyria is poised to announce the purchase of most of Nielsen Business Media, publisher of the Hollywood Reporter, by as early as Thursday, reports Bloomberg. Murdoch, 38, is joining with US-based Pluribus Capital Management in bidding for assets of the unit of Nielsen,
Lachlan Murdoch ties up with DMGT
Daily Mail & General Trust has sold half of DMG Radio Australia, its Australian radio business, to Illyria, Lachlan Murdoch’s private investment vehicle, for about £63m. Murdoch, son of News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch,
Packer and Murdoch’s Consolidated Media buyout in doubt
It was supposed to be one of Australia’s more glamorous corporate deals – Lachlan Murdoch and Australian gaming magnate James Packer, scions of the most powerful Australian media empires, joined forces in late January,