Charles Arthur: "I know that we keep hearing that "content is king". But … t it won’t be the content creators who’ll have the chokehold; it’ll be the controllers of the distribution channels. In other words, distribution, not content, is king."

[Emap] is left as a listed business running trade magazines and a conference business… It is understood that [Emap] will investigate merging with rivals in the sector.

German media group H Bauer … is poised to buy Emap’s magazine and radio divisions for £1.1bn. … If Bauer comes through with its bid, a sale could be announced as early tommorow morning.

Janice Turner: "[I]f a sticker printed in Heat magazine this week mocking a blind and profoundly disabled boy called Harvey — son of Katie Price, aka Jordan — doesn’t mark some new low, what possibly could?"

"Bidders for the business magazines division of Emap are warning that previously unforeseen liabilities could reduce the estimated £1.3bn price tag of the business by around £100m"

"It is understood Candover and Cinven, who jointly own German publishing group Springer, have formed a consortium to submit a joint second offer for Emap’s business-to-business (B2B) publishing unit."

"Guardian Media Group is expected to take a minority stake in Incisive Media, owner of Legal Week and Accountancy Age, if its joint £1.2 billion bid with the private-equity firm Apax for Emap’s business division succeeds."

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 … "