How did Denis O’Brien feel yesterday? It was announced at 8.30am the radio company Communicorp is to be sold to a German conglomerate called Bauer Media Audio for €100 million. O’Brien started Communicorp in 1989 when he won the licence to operate 98FM. 98FM was his first big success. O’Brien had the idea to put ads in the Evening Herald, asking what songs listeners wanted to hear that night. 98FM’s success led to everything that followed. He built the company out, and out, expanding it across Europe. At one point or another, it has operated in Ireland, Czechia, Finland, Estonia,…

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