Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel Springer Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel Springer T he day after Lord Rothermere was gazumped in his pursuit of the Telegraph by Axel Springer’s £575m knockout offer , the Daily Mail owner was pictured beaming at Rupert Murdoch’s 95th birthday party in New York. As guests at the star-studded black tie celebration at The Grill in