McCall: "… we have to be more overt about the Observer coming from the Guardian news and media stable. But we’re not going to have the Guardian-on-Sunday - the Observer is a strong print brand."

"A group of shareholders in Emap has devised an ambitious scheme to oust chairman Alun Cathcart if his £2 billion break-up plan fails to deliver."

Channel, which bought half of Emap’s music television division in July for £28 million, is understood to have spoken to Emap executives about a price for acquiring the remaining 50 per cent stake.

"Apax, the private equity firm, has teamed up with the publisher of The Guardian newspaper to mount a joint £1.2bn bid for Emap’s business publishing division … as it would fit neatly with Incisive Media , in which [Apax] has a shareholding"

"United Business Media has revealed it has decided not to buy Emap’s business-to-business operations. The business media group was seen as the most likely buyer of the division … "

"As it seeks to expand its global footprint, Hearst is looking at a more developed market: the UK. It has bid £700m ($1.43bn) for the consumer magazine group at Emap, which includes such titles as Heat and FHM."

"The chief executive of Britain’s Guardian Media Group [Carolyn McCall] said on Monday the company was keen to buy business-to-business assets, but would not confirm whether she has put forward a bid for media group Emap."

Natmags parent the Hearst Corporation has made a bid for Emap’s consumer publishing arm. "A successful bid would see Hearst overtake IPC and give the company a leading title serving every major demographic."

“It’s a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines,” says Felix Dennis … “but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.”

"UBS said it was concerned about structural risks facing the UK regional newspaper industry."

“We will be looking at Emap to see if there will be more fragmentation within it, and we would be very interested if there was,” [Wilmington ceo Charles] Brady said. “Their businesses are very good and some of them would fit very well with ours.

"Emap’s Zoo magazine website has seen a big increase in unique users from 524,922 in March to 718,486 in July, according to official ABCe figures."

Zoo assistant editor Steve Nash: "[W]e have taken a view that we will only publish images where we have contacted the creator in advance and they have consented in writing." How considerate.