Private equity firm TPG Capital once again seeking new deal with Fairfax Media
Private equity firm TPG Capital is once again circling Fairfax Media, the Australian Financial Review reports.
The AFR – which is published by Fairfax Media – is reporting TPG Capital is seeking a deal which would see it take Fairfax Media’s Domain online real estate business along with the company’s three biggest mastheads – The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review.
The business publication has previously reported the private equity company was seeking a deal to acquire the publishing company however the rumours had come to nought.
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Why does the AFR keep promoting this? It seems as though someone in Fairfax desperately wants this to run. Could it be that the “float” of Domain is proving difficult?
Good! They can take the metros and let the rest of us get on with life.
The TPG offer confirms what has been said for a while. The Domain “business” is not a true entity but a hybrid of digital and print ads. Clearly it has a very heavy reliance on the news media or TPG would not want them. The Domain “float” is a sham.
Hywood is finished now and it’s about time. But it will be even more scary for readers if catalano gets to run the business.