Murdoch: Bolsters Defense Against News Corp. Takeover
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Take two and don&#39;t call me in the morning: Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (nyse: NWS.WI - news - people ) prescribed a &quot;poison pill&quot; defense strategy today to stave off a potential takeover from long-time ally John Malone.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. moved to ward off any hostile bid from Liberty Media with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.
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Dow Jones & Co. delivered a proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp. on Friday, the first step in a negotiation about a possible News Corp. takeover, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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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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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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Rupert Murdochâs vast media holdings give him a gamut of tools to enhance his financial interests and establish his legitimacy in the United States.
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NEWS Corporation yesterday invoked a poison pill defence mechanism in an effort to stymie any hostile ambitions that John Malone might have for the company.
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Rupert Murdoch sees his lofty $5  billion offer to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc. &quot;worth paying&quot; to  empower a global network of cable, print and digital  operations, including an upcoming business news cable channel,  according to a Time magazine interview on Thursday.
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Dow Jones & Co.  delivered a proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp.  on Friday, the first step in a negotiation about a possible News Corp. takeover, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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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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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. has  offered an olive branch to investors opposed to it moving its  main share listing to the United States, telling them it is  considering moves to enhance shareholder rights.
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Shareholders of Dow Jones & Company gave their blessing to a takeover by Rupert Murdochâs global media empire, the News Corporation.
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If any party acquires 15 percent or more of News Corporation, all the other shareholders will be able to buy up to $80 worth of shares at half-price for every share already owned, under a &quot;poison pill&quot; defense adopted by Rupert Murdoch.
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Let's face it. Private equity firms hogged the deal-making spotlight in 2007, first with their high-flying buyouts and then with their frantic efforts to salvage them. But corporate acquirers, otherwise known as strategics, weren't exactly on vacation. Just ask Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation pulled off an audacious takeover of Dow Jones that many said was [...].
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A Dow Jones  board member who is also part of the family that controls the company has launched a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on...
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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.