02:39 PM EDT, 07/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- KKR (KKR) and Axel Springer Chief Executive Mathias Dopfner are discussing to break up the media conglomerate, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

Under the separation being negotiated, Dopfner and Friede Springer, widow of the company's founder, would assume more control over the group's media properties, FT reported, citing four people with knowledge of the matter.

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