Murdoch needn&#39;t fear &#39;happy, friendly shareholder&#39;, says Liberty
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NEW YORK - A share-swap transaction that will nearly double Liberty Media&#39;s voting power in News Corp has been described by the company as a &quot;friendly&quot; move.
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Englewood-based Liberty Media reported increased operating cash and higher revenue for the third quarter of 2004. Liberty (NYSE: L, LMC.
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Media giant News Corp is mustering its forces to make sure the Murdoch family stays in control and to ward off a possible takeover bid.
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SACKED Telstra chief executive Ziggy Switkowski has conceded his departure was &quot;sensible&quot; for the company and its shareholders.
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Liberty Media Corp.&#39;s $1.5 billion plan to raise its stake in Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. is likely to be friendly rather than a sign of a hostile takeover, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors said.
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The chief executive of The New York Times Co. said on Wednesday he does not consider a planned weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal or two new free daily papers in New York a threat, but he is keeping an eye on the competition.
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Rupert Murdoch is expected to turn on  the charm on Monday to reassure the family that controls Dow  Jones & Co. Inc. that his $5 billion offer for the company will  not undermine its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
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SYDNEY Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. said Wednesday that it might strengthen corporate governance provisions after investors and shareholder groups said they would vote against the company&#39;s proposed move to
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News Corp, the media group led by Rupert Murdoch, on Monday announced plans for a poison pill rights issue to prevent a hostile takeover by potential predators such as Liberty Media, one of the company&#39;s largest shareholders.
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John Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, which has almost doubled its voting stake in News Corp, yesterday described the poison pill Rupert Murdoch&#39;s
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday said he can live with Liberty Media Corp. being a large shareholder of the media conglomerate if Liberty Chairman John Malone
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  on Monday to prevent a hostile bid from U.S. cable company  Liberty Media Corp., launching a plan to issue stock options  that would dilute the stake of any predator.
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The New York Times reports this morning that a deal is imminent between Liberty Media chairman John Malone and News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, in which Malone will acquire one of Murdoch's prize assets - satellite service provider DirecTV - in exchange for Malone's 19% voting stake, plus 15% non-voting stake, in News Corp.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  to ward off any hostile bid from U.S. cable company Liberty  Media Corp. with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the  stake of any predator.
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SYDNEY : Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp. is on the &quot;cusp of a new and more prosperous era&quot; as it reported a jump in earnings and rival mogul John Malone moved to increase his stake in the company.
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Sydney - Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp is on the &quot;cusp of a new and more prosperous era&quot;, as it reported Thursday a jump in earnings, while rival mogul John Malone moved to increase his stake in the company.
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SYDNEY - Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp is to consider moves to strengthen its corporate governance, in the face of growing shareholder concern about its relocation to the United States.