The Profile: Yvonne Bauer, new owner of CommunicorpThe fiercely private billionairess is the new owner of media group Communicorp, which owns radio stations Today FM and Newstalk
Bauer’s purchase of O’Brien’s radio empire is shake-up time The German publishing and broadcasting company Bauer Media which has bought the Communicorp stable of radio stations is likely to energise a moribund Irish radio industry that has, nevertheless, managed to hold onto its listeners
Last exit: O’Brien says final goodbye to Irish media sceneDenis O’Brien’s stormy romance with the Irish media is finally coming to an end. But his plans for Digicel may end up making his losses here look like small change
O’Brien, the reluctant media tycoon, is finally free to focus on his telecoms business After selling the last of his media assets, Denis O’Brien can now turn his attention to Digicel, the telecoms network he created, and its heavy debt load
O’Brien sells Communicorp in exit from Irish media after 30 yearsBauer Media Audio acquires Today FM, Newstalk and other stations as tycoon exits with likely heavy losses
