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GE, Pearson Bail on Bid
for Dow Jones

CNBC, Financial Times parent companies back away, clearing path for Murdoch

Jun 21, 07 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - General Electric and Pearson may yet work out an arrangement that takes advantage of their business-media assets, but their plans don't involve Dow Jones. The companies said today they won't pursue a deal with the Wall Street Journal publisher, brightening the outlook for News Corp.'s $5 billion offer, Pearson's... More »

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Dow Jones Board Seizes Control

Jun 20, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - After more than a month of dithering by the Bancroft family, the Dow Jones board will take over negotiations with News Corp., greasing the skids for Rupert Murdoch's effort to acquire the company. With a $5 billion bid on the table, the board decided to "take the lead in... More »

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Dow Jones Scenarios Multiply

Companies may join forces to counter Murdoch bid

Jun 18, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of the Bancroft family would retain a stake in Dow Jones after selling a majority interest to GE and Pearson if one possible arrangement plays out, media outlets owned by the players are reporting. The Wall Street Journal outlines a venture incorporating Dow Jones, Pearson's Financial Times, and GE's... More »

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Another Player Joins Competition for Dow Jones

Pearson searches for partner to help launch bid

Jun 15, 07 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Another would-be Dow Jones suitor emerged this afternoon: Pearson, which publishes the Financial Times. In a media-company-news hall of mirrors, the Wall Street Journal reports that Pearson is searching for partners in its "longshot" bid and has approached Hearst and GE; the FT reports that its parent company has... More »

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Dow Falls as Bond Yields Soar

Record high yields threaten higher mortgage rates

Jun 13, 07 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - US bond yields have hit a five year high—bringing the threat of higher interest rates, costlier home mortgages and a slowing economy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 5.25 per cent yesterday. Rising bond yields echo throughout the economy, making stocks less... More »

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Union Seeks Journal Savior

Burkle agrees to talks with Dow Jones employees

Jun 5, 07 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal employees' union, in search of a white knight as Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch appear to be moving closer to a deal, has enlisted the help of supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle. News Corp. has offered $60 a share for the company, and one analyst tells Bloomberg,... More »

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Dow Closes Down 80.86 on Inflation Scare

Bernanke comment, retail profit warnings contribute to slump

Jun 5, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Dow fell 80.86 points today, closing at 13,595.46 after companies in the retail sector issued warnings of reduced profits and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke commented that inflation risks are still high. "There are a lot of little things out there that are scaring the market,... More »

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Murdoch Says He's Flexible, Up to a Point

Jousting over editorial independence may derail Dow Jones deal

Jun 4, 07 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has renewed his vow to maintain the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence should his bid for Dow Jones succeed, but it's unlikely he'll allow the controlling Bancroft family to run an editorial oversight board. That sticking point could be a deal-breaker, the Journal reported hours before today's scheduled... More »

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Dow Jones Warms to Murdoch Offer

Family ready to consider bid, with  Reuters-Thomson merger in wings

Jun 1, 07 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family that controls Dow Jones, after initially rebuffing a $5-billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch, has decided to consider selling after all. In a stunning about-face, the Bancroft family announced last night it had "reached consensus that the mission of Dow Jones may be better accomplished in combination... More »

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Page Six Fallout May Hurt Murdoch

The Wall Street Journal doesn't have
a gossip column, and that's no accident

May 21, 07 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shenanigans at the New York Post may mean trouble for Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones bid, David Carr writes in today's Times. The tales of sex, lies, and bribery spicing up Page Six are normal fare for the gossip standby, but the fact that they're about the Post itself may... More »

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Rupert Woos Bancrofts

Letter promises seat
on News Corp. board, editorial independence for Journal

May 14, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch doesn't want to shake things up at Dow Jones—or so he implied in a weekend missive wooing the Bancroft family. In the folksy, flattering letter, Murdoch called himself "first and foremost" a "newspaper man," and promised to appoint an independent editorial board for the... More »

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Murdoch May Have Killed Story on Wife

Shafer ponders journalistic ethics
of Journal suitor

May 11, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch may have muscled an Aussie mag into dropping a profile of his third wife, Slate's Jack Shafer speculates. Good Weekend suddenly jettisoned a 10,000-word piece on 38-year-old Wendi Deng last month, after paying writer Eric Ellis $25 grand for the heavily-researched story. More »

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Thomson Aims to Buy Reuters

May 9, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thomson, the Canadian publishing company, is poised to buy Reuters, the global news and information agency, the Globe and Mail reports. The timing of the takeover, which values Reuters at $17.7 billion, appears a response to Rupert Murdoch's proposed purchase of Dow Jones, but sources say they have been... More »

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(Newser) - The SEC has filed its first suit for insider trading involving Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy the Wall Street Journal's parent company. The agency alleges a Hong Kong couple knew about the offer when they bought $15 million of Dow Jones stock in April and sold it for an $8.... More »

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Dow Shareholder Duels Murdoch

May 7, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A powerful shareholder in Dow Jones  is opposing Rupert Murdoch's takeover bid, saying the tabloid publisher would destroy the Wall Street Journal's integrity. James Ottaway Jr. said Murdoch "has for a long time expressed his personal, political and business biases through his newspapers and television channels." More »

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Murdoch Muses On Plans for The Journal

“I’m sometimes frustrated by the long stories," would-be owner says

May 4, 07 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rubert Murdoch sometimes finds Wall Street Journal stories a little long. He'd like to see more politics on the editorial page, and to launch a glossy magazine for the Saturday edition. The Aussie tycoon wasn't shy about sharing plans for the paper, should he succeed in buying parent company Dow... More »

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The Class System at Dow Jones

how class system favors Dow Jones

May 3, 07 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - In rejecting Rupert Murdoch's offer for Dow Jones, the Bancroft family provides a textbook example of the case for—and against—dual class shares for media companies. With their shares carrying ten times the voting power of publicly traded shares, the family has the power to spurn a suitor it... More »

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Dow Rejection Won't Deflect Murdoch

Rifts in Bancroft
family fairly beg to
be exploited

May 3, 07 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bancroft family's rejection of Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion offer for Dow Jones set the stage yesterday for a battle with other shareholders and the board of directors—as well as within the family itself. Without the family's controlling votes, the board would likely jump at the offer, a 67%... More »

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(Newser) - Strong factory orders and media-buyout mania helped push the Dow to another record high, closing at 13,211. The index jumped 76 points, riding news of yesterday's News Corp. offer for Dow Jones and Co. and today's Cablevision deal, as well as a better-than-expected March bump in factory orders. More »

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Journal Owners Rebuff Murdoch Offer

Dow Jones turns down News Corp.'s unsolicited buyout bid

May 2, 07 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones, rejected Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion offer for the media giant late yesterday—but their divided response to the unsolicited bid signalled to both News Corp. and other would-be buyers that a different offer might be acceptable. More »

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