Dow Jones submits plan for editorial independence: WSJ
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Dow Jones & Co. delivered a proposal  to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp. 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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Rupert Murdoch is expected to turn on the charm Monday to reassure the family that controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  that his $5 billion offer for the company won't undermine its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
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With a high enough wall between Rupert Murdoch and the editors, News Corp. ownership would benefit the WSJ.
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News Corp. will probably end subscription fees at WSJ.com and will open the MySpace social-networking website to developers in a push to add readers and advertisers, chairman Rupert Murdoch said.
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WSJ.com may follow the NYTimes.com's lead in making its content free, in hopes of boosting overall revenue through advertising, News Corp head Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday.
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A tentative deal over editorial independence at The Wall Street Journal would give Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. the sole power to hire and fire the newspaper's top editors if it succeeds in buying Dow Jones & Co. Inc., The New York Times said on Thursday.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and advisers for Dow Jones and its controlling Bancroft family were close last night to agreeing on terms designed to ensure The Wall Street Journal's editorial independence if the company accepts a takeover bid from Murdoch, according to several people briefed on the talks.
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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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A media executive who helped purchase  the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News last  year could be interested in joining a group to acquire Dow  Jones & Co., the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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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 family to 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 a new set of proposals to News Corp.  on how to protect the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence, the Journal reported on Monday.
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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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News Corp Chief Executive Rupert  Murdoch said on Tuesday that he was leaning toward making  online Wall Street Journal free, but had made no decision yet.
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If Rupert Murdoch acquires Dow Jones, there are no guarantees of editorial independence at Barronâs, a prestigious financial and investment newspaper.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc. on Wednesday said it would start publishing a weekend version of its Wall Street Journal business newspaper, and that the move would be modestly dilutive to its 2005 earnings.
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A fall in ad revenue leads reporters and editors at the Wall Street Journal worry that their jobs may be in jeopardy if Dow Jones stays independent.
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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.