DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, the mid-market private equity arm of Credit Suisse, has created a three-strong investment origination team for the media sector.

Tim Schoonmaker, former chief executive and founder of Emap Radio, Rupert Shaw, who has spent the past five years at UK buy-out firm GMT Communications, and Nigel Walmsley, a former chairman of Carlton Media Group, will all report to Colin Taylor, London based-head of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in Europe.