Independent, April 24, 2008
By Stephen Foley

Why are we asking this now?

The septuagenarian deal-doer is adding another of the best-selling newspapers in the US to his global empire, dramatically increasing his power in the highly influential media market of New York, and riding roughshod over rules designed to stop such a concentration of media ownership. Plus ça change, you might say.

What is he buying this time?

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