Murdoch needn&#39;t fear &#39;happy, friendly shareholder&#39;, says Liberty
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NEW YORK - A share-swap transaction that will nearly double Liberty Media&#39;s voting power in News Corp has been described by the company as a &quot;friendly&quot; move.
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday said he can live with Liberty Media Corp. being a large shareholder of the media conglomerate if Liberty Chairman John Malone signs a pact preventing his company from raising its stake.
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News Corp, the media group led by Rupert Murdoch, on Monday announced plans for a poison pill rights issue to prevent a hostile takeover by potential predators such as Liberty Media, one of the company&#39;s largest shareholders.
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Strong sales at newspapers, TV and cable help Rupert Murdoch&#39;s media empire post two cents higher. LOS ANGELES  - Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp.
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SYDNEY Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. said Wednesday that it might strengthen corporate governance provisions after investors and shareholder groups said they would vote against the company&#39;s proposed move to
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Rupert Murdoch still must convince shareholders that The Wall Street Journal will maintain an independent editorial voice.
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Australia&#39;s News Corp has adopted corporate reforms aimed at soothing critics of its planned move to the US. The media giant, owner of Fox TV in the US, and the Times and Sun newspapers in the UK, promised not to issue new shares with extra voting rights.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  on Monday to prevent a hostile bid from U.S. cable company  Liberty Media Corp., launching a plan to issue stock options  that would dilute the stake of any predator.
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Rupert Murdoch said on Monday that he  had a &quot;constructive&quot; meeting with the Bancrofts to reassure the  family that controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. that his $5 billion  offer for the company will not undermine its flagship  newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
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Liberty Media Corp. (LN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it is doubling its voting stake in News Corp. ahead of time in a share-swapping transaction with Merrill Lynch expected to be completed in mid-January.
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John Malone&#39;s Liberty Media Corp. will boost its ownership of News Corp. voting shares to 18 percent, more than originally planned, after speeding up the transaction by three months.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. moved to ward off any hostile bid from Liberty Media with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.
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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, media reports said on Thursday.
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Media giant News Corp is mustering its forces to make sure the Murdoch family stays in control and to ward off a possible takeover bid.
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A wealthy Saudi prince has thrown his support behind media mogul Rupert Murdoch over the future of News Corp. Inc., after a large share purchase by US cable group Liberty Media triggered talk of a potential takeover bid, a report said.
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Rupert Murdoch is normally courteous to his shareholders, but they were reminded of their irrelevance at yesterday&#39;s News Corp annual meeting: proxy votes had ensured 92% support for the move to the US state of Delaware.
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NEWS Corp, the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, launched a shareholder rights plan today that appeared designed to fend off the possibility of a hostile bid.