“Reports at the time of Elite Daily’s sale pegged the price at $40 million to $50 million. But a financial report from the Daily Mail and General Trust says the company paid 17.6 million pounds for the company — about $26 million dollars at 2015 exchange rates.
It’s possible that retention bonuses or other payouts that don’t show up on the acquiring company’s books account for the discrepancy.”
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