Super Express owner ready to bid for <i>Rzeczpospolita</i>

Zbigniew Benbenek, chairman of supervisory board of media concern ZPR and owner of, among others, Super Express and a group of radio stations, wants to purchase daily Rzeczpospolita and Radio Zet.

"As many other publishers, we are interested in purchasing Rzeczpospolita, which perfectly supplements our portfolio. We lack providers of advertisements from the financial sector," said Benbenek.

The State Treasury, which holds a 49% stake in Presspublica which publishes the daily, plans to transfer five publishing houses to the company ahead of privatization next year.

"Privatization by auction, which is considered by the ministry, is a good idea. On the other hand, consolidation of assets before the sale will lift the price to the level, which will attract the interest of financial investors," said Benbenek. "We are willing to purchase Radio Zet if it will be put up for sale. Eventually two main dominant radio groups will operate on the market," said Benbenek who owns Radio Eska, Eska Rock, Vox FM and Radio Wawa.

Source: Puls Biznesu