Full coverage: Joe

Best-known for co-founding Setanta, Mickey O’Rourke is now a major shareholder in the publisher of Joe and Lovin' Dublin.

Entertainment industry investor Mike Ormonde is on the shortlist to acquire the Joe media brand in Ireland and the UK. But he will face competition from a number of UK digital media businesses.

Accountancy firm Deloitte has been mandated to sell two of digital publisher’s Maximum Media’s non-core brands. A teaser document has been circulated to potential buyers of these brands. Joe Media, which owns its British business Joe.co.uk, continues to trade strongly.