Bancroft member moves to block sale of Dow Jones: source
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Christopher Bancroft, part of the family that controls Dow Jones , is trying to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a source familiar with the situation said on Monday, confirming a story reported in the Wall Street Journal.
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NEW YORK  &#151; With Rupert Murdoch reportedly sealing a tentative agreement to acquire The Wall Street Journal, the question now turns to the biggest obstacle remaining for a deal: winning over the mercurial Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones &amp; Co.'s shareholder vote.
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General Electric Co.  and Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co.  with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites.
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., with a plan that could let Dow Jones'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 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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Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle has joined Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  employees to try to counter a $5 billion bid for the company from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a union official said on Tuesday.
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Applying public pressure to persuade Dow Jones & Co.'s  family owners to sell the media company to Rupert Murdoch may do more harm than good, one institutional shareholder said on Thursday.
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Rupert Murdoch finally met face-to-face with the controlling family of Dow Jones yesterday, attempting to woo the wary owners into taking his $5 billion bid for the company and its crown jewel, the Wall Street Journal.
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The boardâs support for a deal would leave a final decision to be made by Dow Jonesâ fractious controlling family, the Bancrofts, which could still seek to scuttle the sale.
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Media & professional: Wall Street Journal's publisher takes control of negotiations over possible sale to Rupert Murdoch.
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A small group of reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal raised an outcry against Rupert Murdochâs plan to buy Dow Jones.
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The Bancroft family, which controls media firm Dow Jones, is to meet to discuss a $5bn bid from News Corp.
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A major Dow Jones & Co. Inc.   shareholder and former executive said on Friday he is  disappointed by the Bancroft family&#39;s decision to consider  selling the company to News Corp. (NWSa.N), and urged the  company to find a &quot;more trustworthy&quot; buyer.
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Dow Jones & Co. director Dieter von Holtzbrinck quit yesterday to protest the board's recommendation that the company accept Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion purchase bid, saying he is worried that the media mogul will compromise the editorial integrity of Dow Jones's prized jewel, the Wall Street...
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The Bancroft family that controls Wall  Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co.  has rejected  its own lawyers&#39; draft of a plan to protect the paper&#39;s  independence as too timid, according to the New York Times.
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The Bancroft family has rejected a proposed plan asking them instead to seek stronger guarantees of editorial independence as a condition of selling Dow Jones.
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By JERRY KRONENBERG  Two new parties interested in potentially countering Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for The Wall Street Journal's parent have emerged.  Cambridge's Ownership Associates, which the union representing Journal parent Dow Jones & Co.