Rothermere family plan to take Daily Mail private in €928m deal 

The 'Daily Mail' was first published in 1896 by the ancestors of current DMGT chairman Jonathan Harmsworth, the viscount Rothermere

The 'Daily Mail' has weathered the long-term decline in newspaper sales better than rivals, overtaking Rupert Murdoch's 'The Sun' to become the UK's top-selling newspaper last year. 

The founding family and leading investor in the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper is considering taking the group private in a $1.1bn (€928m) deal as part of a break-up of the business.

The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) said the Rothermeres, who own 28% of the company, are ready to make a cash offer to buy the group outright, provided it sells its RMS insurance risk business and that the listing of online car seller Cazoo, which it partially owns, goes ahead.