No more hiding as INM finally faces shareholders

Can the group's chief executive and chairman continue to work together?

INM chief Robert Pitt (l) and chairman Leslie Buckley. Pic: RollingNews.ie

There is no more hiding for Independent News & Media. The rift between the publisher’s chairman and chief executive will burst into public on Wednesday as the company finally holds its annual general meeting.

Barring a last-minute, and very much unlikely, truce between Leslie Buckley andRobert Pitt, the full extent of the dispute over a failed deal last year to acquire Newstalk, the radio station owned by INM’s largest investor Denis O’Brien, will ...