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Inside the Deal: Axel Springer and Business Insider

Sept. 30 -- German media company Axel Springer SE agreed to take over Business Insider Inc. in a $343 million deal, accelerating its push into English-language news after losing out a bidding contest for the Financial Times two months ago. Bloomberg View Columnist Leonid Bershidsky weighs in on "Bloomberg Surveillance." Bershidsky's opinions are his own.