News Corp., Liberty Media deal seen next week: source
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News Corp.  could finalize a deal "as early as next week" to swap its controlling interest in DirecTV Group Inc.  and other assets for Liberty Media's  $11 billion stake in News Corp., a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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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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Advisers to Rupert Murdoch'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 -- Billionaires Rupert Murdoch and John Malone may end two years of wrangling over Liberty Media Corp.'s stake in News Corp. with an $11 billion asset swap that gives Liberty control of DirecTV Group Inc.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. have "basically agreed" on safeguards to the editorial independence of Dow Jones' news operations, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, setting the stage for Dow Jones to accept a $5 billion buyout offer.
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  Media mogul Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that talks are heating up with Liberty Media Corp. over how to unwind Liberty's stake in News Corp.   "We are in more active negotiations than before," the News Corp.
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Dow Jones & Co.&#39;s  board and  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N) have completed talks on a  $5 billion buyout of Dow Jones and are expected to announce a  deal next week, London&#39;s The Business weekly magazine reported  on Friday.
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Talks of a swap between Liberty Media and the News Corporation was met with some skepticism by Liberty shareholders.
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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, three sources said on Thursday.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. has moved to ward off any hostile bid from US cable company Liberty Media with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.
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News Corp's  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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A deal between Facebook and either  Google Inc  or Microsoft Corp  is expected to  be announced in the next 24 to 48 hours, The New York Post  reported on its Web site on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
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NEW YORK -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has reached a tentative agreement to buy Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co., the Journal reported on its Web site late Monday.
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Liberty Media Corp. (L) on Tuesday said a share-swap transaction that would nearly double its voting power in News Corp. was a ``friendly&#39;&#39; move, a day after News Corp.
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The New York Times reports this morning that a deal is imminent between Liberty Media chairman John Malone and News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, in which Malone will acquire one of Murdoch's prize assets - satellite service provider DirecTV - in exchange for Malone's 19% voting stake, plus 15% non-voting stake, in News Corp.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and Time Warner Inc. are nearing agreement on a deal in which the media giant would pay about $750 million to settle wide-ranging allegations
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News Corp.  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.