<P> Express Newspapers was sold to publisher Richard Desmond in 2000, and the names of the newspapers reverted to Daily Express and Sunday Express . In 2004, the newspaper moved to its present location on Lower Thames Street in the City of London . </P> <P> On 31 October 2005, UK Media Group Entertainment Rights secured majority interest from the Daily Express for Rupert Bear . They paid £ 6 million for a 66.6% control of the character . The Express Newspaper retains minority interest of one - third plus the right to publish Rupert Bear stories in certain Express publications . </P> <P> In 2000, Express Newspapers was bought by Richard Desmond, publisher of titles such as the celebrity magazine OK!, for £ 125 million . At the time of the acquisition, controversy surrounded the deal since Desmond also owned a number of softcore pornography magazines . </P> <P> As a result of Desmond's purchase of the paper, many staff including the then editor, Rosie Boycott, and columnist Peter Hitchens departed from the company . Hitchens moved on to The Mail on Sunday, saying that working for the new owner was a moral conflict of interest since he had always attacked the pornographic magazines Desmond published at the time . Despite their divergent politics, Boycott respected Hitchens . </P>

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