Dow Jones meets investors on alternate bid: source
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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 family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  said on Thursday that it plans to meet with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to discuss his $5 billion bid to buy the company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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General Electric Co.  and  Microsoft Corp.  discussed joining forces for a  competing bid for Dow Jones & Co.  in recent weeks, but  the idea was abandoned, the Wall Street Journal reported on  Monday.
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co expects to decide by early next week if it wants to sell the company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for $5 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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News Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) $60 a share bid  for Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  is a &quot;fairly attractive&quot; price,  its largest outside shareholder said in an interview with the  Financial Times on Wednesday.
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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&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N)  and Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  have &quot;basically agreed&quot; on  safeguards to the editorial independence of Dow Jones&#39; news  operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday,  setting the stage for Dow Jones to accept a $5 billion buyout  offer.
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Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan  said on Friday Dow Jones & Co Inc could be worth $100 per share  if it accepted his proposal to invest in the company instead of  selling to Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.&#39;s  board  will take over negotiations from the company&#39;s controlling  family regarding a $5 billion offer from Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp. (NWSa.N), Dow Jones said on Wednesday.
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Media & professional: The union leader trying to fend off Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones bid has said plans to find alternative buyers are a 'long-shot'. By Katie Allen.
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General Electric Co. and Microsoft Corp. discussed joining forces for a competing bid for Dow Jones & Co. in recent weeks, but the idea was abandoned, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan said on Friday Dow Jones & Co Inc could be worth $100 per share if it accepted his proposal to invest in the company instead of selling to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union said on Thursday.
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Financial Times publisher Pearson Plc.  is seeking partners to make a possible bid for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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Dow Jones & Co.&#39;s  board and  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N) have completed talks on a  $5 billion buyout of Dow Jones and are expected to announce a  deal next week, London&#39;s The Business weekly magazine reported  on Friday.
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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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The firm that owns the Philadelphia Inquirer says it is interested in mounting a rival bid for the Dow Jones.