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He was a socialist reporter turned magnate who earned a fortune in the 1990s. He defended press freedoms even after the industry became beleaguered and unprofitable.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Claire Moses
Derk Sauer, an idealistic Dutch media magnate who epitomized the lucrative yet brief muckraking days of a Russian free press, died on Thursday at a family home in Zeeland, the Netherlands. He was 72.
Mr. Sauer died from injuries he sustained about a month ago in a sailing accident off the Greek island of Corfu, one of his sons, Pjotr Sauer, said.
