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Eli Azur (
Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
: אלי עזור) is an Israeli businessman and the head of Mirkaei Tikshoret, a
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-based media company.


Career

Azur started his career as a sportswriter for '' Hadashot''. Azur is the owner of advertising rights for Israel Plus. With Pini Zahavi, he also runs Charlton, a company which owns broadcasting rights for football matches in Israel. Through Mirkaei Tikshoret, he runs radio stations in Israel and ''
The Jerusalem Post ''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English language, English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''Th ...
''. 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. He co-owned the '' Israel Post'', which started publishing in 2007. In 2012, he launched '' Sof Hashavua'', a newspaper only published on Fridays. In 2014, he acquired ''
Maariv ''Maariv'' or ''Maʿariv'' (, ), also known as ''Arvit'', or ''Arbit'' (, ), is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night. It consists primarily of the evening '' Shema'' and ''Amidah''. The service will often begin with two ...
'', another Israeli newspaper. In 2020, he bought the Walla! internet portal from
Bezeq Bezeq () is an Israeli telecommunications company. Bezeq and its subsidiaries offer a range of telecom services, including fixed-line, mobile telephony, high-speed Internet, transmission, and pay TV (via Yes (Israel), Yes). The company is tra ...
.


References

Living people Israeli mass media owners 1958 births {{Israel-bio-stub