News Corp, Dow Jones reach tentative $5 bln deal: report
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Chief Executive Richard Zannino tentatively agreed on Monday to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling Bancroft family remains divided on the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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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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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&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N).
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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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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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The results were probably the last time that Dow Jones, which agreed to be sold to the News Corporation for $5 billion, would report earnings as a separate company.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  said on Wednesday its board will take over negotiations related to a $5 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a move that could bring a quicker resolution to the talks.
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News Corp. (NWSa.N) and Dow Jones &  Co. Inc.  have &quot;basically agreed&quot; to a structure to  protect the editorial independence of the company&#39;s news  operations, including the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones  Newswires, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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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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News Corp&#39;s (NWSa.N) deal to buy Wall  Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co Inc  should close  in the next 60 days, a top News Corp executive said on Monday.
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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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News Corp. (NWSa.N) is willing to go  further than it has before in acceding to tighter safeguards of  editorial independence as a condition of buying Dow Jones & Co.  Inc. , The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing  sources close to News Corp.
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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.
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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'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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Advisers to Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp. 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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NEW YORK - News Corp., the media company built by Rupert Murdoch, will join the Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 stock index after the close of trading on Dec. 17, S&amp;P said on Tuesday.