Washington Post agrees Slate deal
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The Washington Post Company yesterday announced that it had acquired Slate, a pioneering online magazine, from Microsoft in a deal that offers further evidence of traditional
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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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News Corp. on Monday said it has  agreed to buy a U.K. jobs recruitment site for an undisclosed  sum to reach a younger audience.
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Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a $10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest, nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history. -The Washington Post
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- In another move toward online media by an old-line company, The Washington Post Co. is buying Web magazine pioneer Slate from Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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The Washington Post Co. WPO.N said  on Tuesday it would buy Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O online  magazine Slate.
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By staff. A deal to bring Major league Baseball to Washington has potentially been saved by a generous offer from an online poker site.
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Financially, under Microsoft, the Slate online magazine has struggled to move past the break-even point. But the Washington Post Co.
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Donald E. GrahamÂs financial engineering has allowed The Washington Post Company to remain invested in journalism in a way that few other media companies can afford.
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Media & professional: Basic agreement reached over editorial independence but price yet to be settled.
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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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The Washington Post Co. is buying Microsoft&#39;s online magazine Slate. The acquisition by the Post will reduce Slate&#39;s presence in the Puget Sound area, said Jacob Weisberg, its New York-based editor.
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British advertising group WPP said over the weekend it would acquire rival Grey Global of the United States in a cash and stock deal worth 1.520 billion euros (1.246 billion dollars).
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Washington Post Co. on Tuesday said it  would buy Microsoft Corp.'s online magazine Slate, whose mix of  politics, news and culture has built a loyal following but  failed to yield significant profits.
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Katharine Weymouth, a granddaughter of the late Washington Post Co. chairman Katharine Graham, has been named chief executive of Washington Post Media, a new division that will oversee The Washington Post newspaper and its online component, washingtonpost.com, the company said yesterday.
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The Washington Post Company said yesterday that it had purchased Slate, an online magazine owned by Microsoft. The sale completes Slate&#39;s transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.