Azur started his career as a sportswriter for Hadashot.^[2]

Azur is the owner of advertising rights for Israel Plus.^[2] With Pini Zahavi, he also runs Charlton, a company which owns broadcasting rights for football matches in Israel.^[3]^[4]

Through Mirkaei Tikshoret, he runs radio stations in Israel and The Jerusalem Post.^[2] Canadian investor Leonard Asper sued for a controlling stake in the Post in 2005 after failed negotiations with Azur. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2006.^[5]^[6]^[7] He co-owned the Israel Post, which started publishing in 2007. In 2012, he launched Sof Hashavua, a newspaper only published on Fridays.^[2] In 2014, he acquired Maariv, another Israeli newspaper.^[8] In 2020, he bought the Walla! internet portal from Bezeq.^[9]

Career

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