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August 23, 2018updated 07 Nov 2023 5:56am

Barclay brothers deny Telegraph up for sale amid reports of interest from Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos

By Charlotte Tobitt

The Telegraph’s owners have insisted there remain “no plans to sell” the newspaper group despite a number of reports suggesting high-profile media figures have expressed an interest in a deal.

Independent and Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev and Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos are among those said to have approached owners David and Frederick Barclay about buying the Daily and Sunday Telegraph.

Telegraph Media Group was bought by the Barclay brothers in 2004 for £665m, adding the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and weekly magazine the Spectator to UK parent company Press Acquisitions.

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