In 2004, David Barkley, together with his twin brother Frederick, acquired the Telegraph Media Group, which includes the newspapers The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, as well as the social and political magazine The Spectator.
Earlier it was reported about the death in the United States of billionaire and founder of Las Vegas Sands Sheldon Adelson.
The cause of death of the 87-year-old businessman was complications in the treatment of lymphoma.