The Observer profiles David Montgomery, who reportedly is one of the candidates to buy Orkla Media. He is now the rather unpopular owner of Berliner Zeitung, among other titles:

The logic underpinning those deals is simple: the continental market is fragmented and ripe for consolidation. But few expect Montgomery to spend the rest of his days ensuring the sums add up at Denmark’s Berlingske Tidende. The continental acquisitions are a bridgehead back to the UK market, and the next time Montgomery walks into a British newsroom, it may well be as a proprietor.