News Corp, Dow Jones near editorial pact: sources
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Advisers to Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp. (NWSa.N) and Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  could reach a  pact on editorial independence as early as Monday, a source  familiar with the situation said, heightening expectations a  takeover deal could soon be reached.
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A tentative deal over editorial  independence at The Wall Street Journal would give Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N) the sole power to hire and fire  the newspaper&#39;s top editors if it succeeds in buying Dow Jones  & Co. Inc. , The New York Times said on Thursday.
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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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The Bancroft family, controlling  shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , are set to submit  to News Corp.(NWSa.N) a new set of proposals on how to protect  the Wall Street Journal&#39;s editorial independence, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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News Corp. and its second-biggest  shareholder, Liberty Media Corp. are close to a deal that will  solidify News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch's control of his  company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing  people close to the situation.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. and Dow  Jones & Co. Inc. have &quot;basically agreed&quot; on a structure to  protect the editorial independence of Dow&#39;s news operations,  including the Wall Street Journal, a source familiar with the  matter said on Tuesday.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to buy Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones &amp; Co.
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Dow Jones &amp; Company, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, agreed yesterday to buy MarketWatch, the parent company of the financial news Web site CBS MarketWatch, for about $486 million, executives close to the negotiations said.
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Dow Jones & Co.  delivered a  proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp.  (NWSa.N) 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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Dow Jones shareholders seek guarantees from suitor News Corp of the independence of the Wall Street Journal.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reached a tentative agreement for the purchase of Dow Jones on Monday at its original $5 billion offer price, although the Bancroft family remains divided, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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A tentative deal between News Corp.  and Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  would give an independent board the power to approve the hiring and firing of top editors at The Wall Street Journal selected by News Corp., three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N)  has not yet reached a deal to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc.   and discussions continue, representatives for Dow Jones and its  controlling Bancroft family said on Friday.
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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. on Wednesday said it would start publishing a weekend version of its Wall Street Journal business newspaper, and that the move would be modestly dilutive to its 2005 earnings.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp agrees a tentative $5bn takeover of Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and Dow Jones & Co. today have agreed in principle to editorial protections for the latter's Wall Street Journal, taking Murdoch one step closer to owning the company and its marquee newspaper.