Eli Azur
Eli Azur(Hebrew:אלי עזור) is an Israeli businessman and the head ofMirkaei Tikshoret,aTel Aviv-based media company.[1]
Career
[edit]Azur started his career as a sportswriter forHadashot.[2]
Azur is the owner of advertising rights forIsrael Plus.[2]WithPini Zahavi,he also runs Charlton, a company which owns broadcasting rights for football matches in Israel.[3][4]
Through Mirkaei Tikshoret, he runs radio stations in Israel andThe Jerusalem Post.[2]Canadian investorLeonard Aspersued for a controlling stake in the Post in 2005 after failed negotiations with Azur. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2006.[5][6][7]He co-owned theIsrael Post,which started publishing in 2007. In 2012, he launchedSof Hashavua,a newspaper only published on Fridays.[2]In 2014, he acquiredMaariv,another Israeli newspaper.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Company Overview of Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd".Bloomberg.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
- ^abcdTucker, Nati (July 10, 2013)."Eli Azur Breaks Into Big-time Media".Haaretz.RetrievedOctober 19,2016.
- ^Bond, David (July 18, 2002)."The man selling Rio".London Evening Standard.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
- ^Jackson, Jamie (November 26, 2006)."Profile: Pini Zahavi, football's first and only super-agent".The Guardian.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
- ^Popper, Nathaniel (June 30, 2006)."Titans Clashed in Battle for Newspaper".Forward.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
- ^Boyd, Roderick (February 15, 2005)."Jerusalem Post Ownership in Doubt".The New York Sun.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
- ^Horesh, Hadar (March 7, 2005)."It Was a Mistake to Do Business With Eli Azur'".Haaretz.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
- ^Averbach, Li-or (June 4, 2014)."Court approves" Ma'ariv "sale to" Jerusalem Post "".Globes.RetrievedOctober 21,2016.
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