Peter Preston: "[David Montgomery] palpably isn’t coming home to have another pop at the Mirror: he’s more than content to conquer territory that the home teams have foolishly shunned."

The FAZ interviews David Montgomery, who says his bad reputation in Germany is down to people Googling him and discovering 15-year-old stories about his restructuring of the Mirror Group. Oh, and he says the Süddeutsche Zeitung would be a good fit for hi

"And here is one key pillar of Mecom’s European strategy: the notion that all journalists have to be able to work across different media. … This idea may be old hat to Brits but it is a big step in Germany, where two of the biggest newspapers … still

"What surprises me most though is that the Monty I knew spent as brief a time he as could actually writing anything. His ambition was to get into the editors chair as fast as possible - and he chose the fastest route. Subbing."

"[S]ubs will have to change … If Arianna Huffington was right when she described news media as having attention deficit disorder while the blogosphere was obsessive-compulsive, then we need some more obsessives around the place to keep the place tidy."

"If established newspapers are to make the transformation to become successful online businesses the quality that good sub-editing ensures will be essential to help them rise above the unregulated clamour of the blogosphere."

David Montgomery tells Reuters that Mecom "has not looked at improving the terms of its bid for Dutch publisher Wegener".

David Mongomery signals interest in one of Germany’s big newspapers, Süddeutsche Zeitung, in an interview with the … Süddeutsche Zeitung.

"Mecom, the investment vehicle of former Mirror boss David Montgomery, has finally submitted a formal bid for Dutch regional newspaper group Wegener."

David Montgomery’s new MD of Netzeitung has sacked the pioneering online newspaper’s two top editors…

More on the possible changes to Germany’s pioneering online newspaper, Netzeitug, since it was purchased by David Montgomery’s investment vehicle.

An article in the FAZ suggests that David Montgomery may be closing, or at least making major cuts, at the online newspaper Netzeitung.

David Montgomery, whose holding company has bought Germany’s Netzeitung "says he wants to focus on online development in order to sustain print."

Netzeitung, David Montgomery’s latest acquisition