Bancrofts meet to discuss Murdoch bid for Dow Jones
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Members of the Bancroft family,  which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , met in Boston on  Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp (NWSa.N)  for the publisher of The Wall Street  Journal.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has been in talks on a takeover by News Corp. , will meet with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, according to a report in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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If Rupert Murdoch can assure the family owners of Dow Jones that he will not meddle in the news coverage of the Wall Street Journal, the family will tell the company's board of directors it can start negotiating a sale price with the media mogul, a source said yesterday.
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Pearson, the publisher of The Financial Times, is exploring a rival takeover offer for Dow Jones and has discussed a joint bid with G.E. and the Hearst Corporation.
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The board of the union, representing employees at the Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones properties, is scheduled to meet on Friday to endorse the deal and set a date for a vote by the membership.
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WARSAW -- Rupert Murdoch said yesterday he had no plans to raise his $5 billion bid for media group Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc. and expected final approval from its controlling Bancroft family within two to three weeks, "if at all."
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Dow Jones shareholders seek guarantees from suitor News Corp of the independence of the Wall Street Journal.
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The Bancroft family, controlling shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , are set to submit to News Corp. a new set of proposals on how to protect the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Dow Jones & Company board members met with Ronald W. Burkle and Brad Greenspan, who are interested in buying a piece of the company.
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The family that controls the Dow Jones media group says it will consider selling the firm to Rupert Murdoch.
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As the Bancroft family assembles to consider selling Dow Jones & Company, money will not be the only issue on the table.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has been in talks for a takeover by News Corp. , will meet with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Dow Jones & Co. , in talks over a takeover by News Corp. , met with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar with the situation said.
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Media & professional: The board of WSJ-owner Dow Jones votes to sell firm to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, pending approval of the Bancrofts.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones &amp; Co. board members agreed in principle on a plan for editorial independence at The Wall Street Journal if Murdoch acquires the company, said three people briefed on the talks.
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Dow Jones & Co Inc.  said on  Tuesday that its board was prepared to recommend that its  shareholders accept a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N).
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Dow Jones & Co Inc.&#39;s  board of  directors said on Thursday that the company plans to consider  alternatives for the company, including a $5 billion bid by  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N) to buy it.