Bancrofts to discuss Dow Jones bid with News Corp
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  said for the first time it would consider selling the publisher of the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , dropping its outright opposition to his $5 billion bid.
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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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Dow Jones &amp; Co.'s controlling Bancroft family reversed course and said it plans to meet with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to discuss his $5 billion bid for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Dow board takes over talks with Murdoch, implying a resolution to his $5B bid will come soon.
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BOSTON/NEW YORK  - Members of the Bancroft family, which 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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News Corp.'s  $60 a share bid for Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  is a "fairly attractive" price, its largest outside shareholder said in an interview with the Financial Times on Wednesday.
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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. (NWSa.N) to buy it.
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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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The family that controls the Dow Jones & Company released a statement saying that they would meet with the News Corporation to discuss its $5 billion bid.
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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.
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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&#39;s News Corp  (NWSa.N) for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.&#39;s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co.,  with a plan that could let Dow Jones&#39;s controlling Bancroft  family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and  Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on Sunday.
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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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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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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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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. have "basically agreed" on safeguards to the editorial independence of Dow Jones' 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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Media & professional: The board of Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones was scheduled to meet last night for what could be executives' final discussions over Rupert Murdoch's audacious $5bn (Â£2.5bn) takeover bid.