Eli Azur

Eli Azur (Hebrew: אלי עזור) is an Israeli businessman and the head of Mirkaei Tikshoret, a Tel Aviv-based media company.[1]

Career

Azur started his career as a sportswriter for Hadashot.[2]

Azur is the owner of advertising rights for Israel Plus.[2] With Pini 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 and The Jerusalem Post.[2] Canadian investor Leonard Asper sued 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 the Israel Post, which started publishing in 2007. In 2012, he launched Sof Hashavua, a newspaper only published on Fridays.[2] In 2014, he acquired Maariv, another Israeli newspaper.[8]

References
  1. "Company Overview of Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. Tucker, Nati (July 10, 2013). "Eli Azur Breaks Into Big-time Media". Haaretz. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  3. Bond, David (July 18, 2002). "The man selling Rio". London Evening Standard. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  4. Jackson, Jamie (November 26, 2006). "Profile: Pini Zahavi, football's first and only super-agent". The Guardian. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. Popper, Nathaniel (June 30, 2006). "Titans Clashed in Battle for Newspaper". Forward. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  6. Boyd, Roderick (February 15, 2005). "Jerusalem Post Ownership in Doubt". The New York Sun. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  7. Horesh, Hadar (March 7, 2005). "It Was a Mistake to Do Business With Eli Azur'". Haaretz. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  8. Averbach, Li-or (June 4, 2014). "Court approves "Ma'ariv" sale to "Jerusalem Post"". Globes. Retrieved October 21, 2016.


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