Axel Springer and KKR near deal on $13.5 billion break-up, Financial Times reports

(Reuters) – German billionaire Mathias Doepfner and KKR are nearing a deal to split up the media giant Axel Springer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing four people familiar with the matter.

(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by David Gregorio)