Bancrofts meet to discuss Murdoch bid for Dow Jones
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Members of the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , may decide by the end of the week whether to accept a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Members of the far-flung Bancroft family converged in downtown Boston yesterday for a seven-hour meeting to discuss the fate of Dow Jones &amp; Co., the media conglomerate they have controlled for more than a century, and one key family member said he expects a decision to be reached by the end of the week about Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid ...
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Dow Jones and News Corp. reportedly reach a tentative sale agreement, putting the ball in the court of Dow Jones' controlling Bancroft family.
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Dow Jones & Co. , in talks for a  takeover by News Corp. (NWSa.N), 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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The General Electric Company and Pearson are exploring a joint bid for Dow Jones & Company, people familiar with the talks said.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has  been in talks for a takeover by News Corp. (NWSa.N), 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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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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The family that controls the Dow Jones media group says it will consider selling the firm to Rupert Murdoch.
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As it assembles at the Boston Hilton today to consider selling Dow Jones &amp; Co. and its main prize, The Wall Street Journal, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , the controlling Bancroft clan faces some stark choices.
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Lazard&#39;s board will meet Tuesday to discuss plans for a possible initial public offering for the independent investment bank, sources close to the matter said.
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BOSTON/NEW YORK  - Members of the Bancroft family that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc met in Boston on Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Representatives of the Bancroft  family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , plan to  meet with News Corp. (NWSa.N) chief Rupert Murdoch on Monday to  discuss his $5 billion bid for the company, The Wall Street  Journal reported on its Web site Friday, citing sources  familiar with the matter.
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An announcement could come as early as today that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and the Dow Jones board of directors have agreed on editorial protections for the Wall Street Journal, allowing the two sides to start discussing Murdoch's bid for the company and its high-profile newspaper.
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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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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's News Corp. .
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Media & professional: Controlling family of Wall Street Journal's owner agree to meet Rupert Murdoch over his $5bn takeover offer.
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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. to buy it.