Who is lord rothermere

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There are, though, times when the hereditary principle works out more successfully, and though it pains any egalitarian to admit it, the 4th Viscount Rothermere, Jonathan Harmsworth that being the family name , is one of them.

These extend far beyond the Mail and Metro print titles and the phenomenally successful MailOnline website, with stakes in various data businesses, the Cazoo digital car trading site, an insurance risk assessor, conference arrangers and even a mini venture capital fund.

The continuing DMGT company would then be much smaller and focused on the media side, and, of course, the Mail brand, now global thanks to the web. His Mail Online is a global online champion wherever C-list celebrities flaunt their curves on distant beaches.

Yet he swaggers not, nor does he make many public appearances. On the contrary, he prefers to sit in the shadows and let his editors get on with it. On Brexit, for instance, his daily was a ferocious Leaver while his Sunday voted Remain. Does he see any great advantage in savaging the supreme court in similar fashion?

Probably not: self-effacing prudence is more his style.