Mark, "The Kleinmanator", Kleinman of Sky News has eventually picked up on one of little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alerts.
Kleiny, a former colleague during our time on The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers, reveals Tremor is working with bankers at Goldman Sachs to "solicit" takeover interest...
A fascinating interview has just been published in the Press Gazette.
The interviewer is The Genteel Hustler, otherwise known as Will Turvill, an incredibly polite but very persistent young hack. The interviewee is The Kleinmanator, otherwise known as Mark Kleinman, City Editor of Sky News and one of the most profilic merger and acquisition scoopsters working in UK media. Below is the link to the piece:..
Mark "the Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News is on a bit of a roll.
Yesterday, he smoked out a confirmation following his scoop about Vodafone's talks to merge with rival 3 in the UK and just now he has published a story about HSBC working with advisers from JP Morgan to find a buyer for its Canadian division.
Below is a link to this morning's story in case you missed it:..
Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News has been all over the Pendragon on - off bid talks over the last twelve months.
So, I guess it isn't a surprise that Kleiny, one of Betaville's former colleagues on The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph City desks, has dug out another scoop on the situation...
Little old Betaville has noticed there appear to be a growing number of super senior City hacks getting involved with podcasts set up by super senior flacks (also known as financial public relations executives).
This trend appears to have been kicked off by Jonathan Ford, former Financial Times Lex and leader writer, and Neil Collins, former City editor of The Daily Telegraph...
Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman has taken a break from reporting every twist and turn of the Chelsea FC sale (which is Betaville is genuinly fascinated by) and has got a good new line on the Ted Baker sale...
The old Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News is being rather hyperactive at the moment.
Yesterday, Kleiny landed the scoop about Vodafone trying to buy part of Talk Talk and this morning he has just published a tale about London-listed Ascential weighing a break up that could see events and exhibitions company list some of its operations in the US...
Mark Kleinman of Sky News appears to have gone into hyperdrive, digging out blockbuster scoops on an almost hourly basis.
His latest scoop is about how Hedin Group has submitted 28p a share (roughly £400 million) offer for London-listed Pendragon, the car dealer. Below is a link to Mark's story:..
It would appear The Kleinmanator of Sky News wasn't the only City hack onto the Ted Baker bid rumour.
Last week, Bryce, "The Flying Scotsman", Elder of the venerable Financial Times got into the story in his excellent City Insider column, pointing out that there was talk circulating the London market of a £300 million plus takeover offer. Below is a link to Bryce's piece:..
You know the rumours about a potential sale of Chelsea FC are serious when the venerable Wall Street Journal finally decides to get on the story.
The WSJ has just published a piece claiming Roman Abramovich is seeking takeover bids for Chelsea FC, which has won the European champions league twice, ahead of the Russian tycoon being hit by financial sanctions. Below is the link:..