US media snub may hit bid
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The absence of a United States broadcaster at the Paralympic Games has led senior figures within the International Paralympic Committee to raise doubts over New York&#39;s bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
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General Electric Co.  and  Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) $5  billion bid for Dow Jones & Co. , with a plan that could  let Dow Jones&#39;s controlling family to keep an interest in the  company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported  on their Web sites on Sunday.
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A key member of the family that  controls Dow Jones & Co.  opposes a $5 billion bid by  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N), fearing the sale would  endanger the Wall Street Journal&#39;s independence, the paper  reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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The television airwaves are public, but the TV networks are insisting that interviews broadcast on them are not. Networks are objecting to political advertisements that contain clips of Sen. John Kerry or President Bush on news shows such as NBC's "Meet the Press" or ABC's "Good Morning America."
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N) is  in talks to combine MySpace and other Internet properties with  Yahoo Inc  to fend off Microsoft Corp's  $42.1  billion bid, according to several reports.
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The Boston Herald's effort to get the Justice Department to halt The New York Times Co.'s acquisition of a minority share of the Metro Boston newspaper on antitrust grounds could hinge on how the area's media market is defined.
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EMI Group Plc is expected to reject a  potential 2.5 billion pound ($4.92 billion) bid from private  equity firm Permira as being too low, the Times newspaper said  on Monday.
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WPP and a US buyout firm will submit offers for US ad agency Grey Global today, while France&#39;s Havas faces opposition to its bid from one of
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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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GLOBAL media giant News Corp succumbed to intense institutional pressure yesterday and agreed to retain its full foreign listing on the Australian Stock Exchange if shareholders approved the company&#39;s proposal to shift to the United States.
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TONY EASTLEY: US investors have reacted with caution to a move by media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, to shore up his family&#39;s holdings in News Corporation.
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By JERRY KRONENBERG  Two new parties interested in potentially countering Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for The Wall Street Journal's parent have emerged.  Cambridge's Ownership Associates, which the union representing Journal parent Dow Jones & Co.
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IT may not have been obvious to outside observers when The News Corporation Ltd first drew up plans to move to the US, but its ability to access a larger pool of funds will come with the added glare of a brighter governance spotlight.
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RUPERT Murdoch has played down the prospect of a big media deal after The News Corporation Ltd completes its historic shift to the US, while reaffirming expectations for 2005 earnings despite a weaker US TV advertising market.
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Business & money: US resports say Yahoo would consider an alliance with Google as one way of avoiding takeover
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Did I say there wouldn't be a bidding war? Whoops.