Javier Moll (born in 1950) is a Spanish businessman and owner of the Barcelona-based media company Editorial Prensa Ibérica. In 2007 his company owned more than 20 newspapers in Spain and Portugal.[1] He currently owns assets in South Australia, including The Adelaide Review, which he purchased in 2002,[2] and has investments in South Australian wineries and real estate.[3] As of 2015, plans for Moll's company to establish a daily newspaper to rival The Advertiser under the registered name Adelaide Times are yet to eventuate.[4] In 2011, he launched The Melbourne Review in Victoria.[5] Moll is the former owner of the heritage-listed Science Exchange building (previously the Adelaide Stock Exchange), which is now owned by the Government of South Australia.[6] Moll holds a seat on the governing council of RiAus, which has occupied the building since 2009. Since 2019, Moll also chairs Grupo Zeta, a mass media company purchased by Prensa Ibérica.[citation needed]
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- ^ McGarry, Andrew (15 February 2007). "'Unfinished family business' for editor". The Australian. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Simons, Margaret (25 January 2010). "Literary Adelaide the scene of a journos' dust-up". Crikey.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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- ^ Simons, Margaret (19 December 2011). "New Kid on the Block: Review throws Spaniard in the works". Crikey. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Javier Moll". RiAus. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.