Sunday Times: Breakingviews.com in ‘advanced talks’ with Thomson Reuters
September 21st, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick
The Sunday Times reports that Hugo Dixon is in ‘advanced talks’ to sell Breakingviews.com to Thomson Reuters – for a reported £10 million.
Dixon, former Lex editor at the Financial Times, co-founded the online financial analysis site in 1999 and could receive £2.7 million if the deal goes through. The other founder, Jonathan Ford, left in 2007 and has no remaining shares, according to the Sunday Times.
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