News Corp. Tries to Fend Off Liberty
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  to ward off any hostile bid from U.S. cable company Liberty  Media Corp. with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the  stake of any predator.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. may strengthen its corporate governance provisions after investors and shareholder groups said they will vote against the company&#39;s move to the US if shareholders rights are diminished.
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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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Australia's News Corp adopts a series of corporate reforms in an effort to reassure critics of its planned move to the US.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation today took steps to head off a potential takeover by rival mogul John Malone with a &quot;poison pill&quot; plan to dilute the shareholdings of would-be predators.
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A Dow Jones  board member who is  also part of the family that controls the company has launched  a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch&#39;s  News Corp. (NWSa.N), the Wall Street Journal reported on  Sunday.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation has offered a package of concessions to appease shareholders who fear the tycoon would be given too much power over the media empire by shifting its domicile from Australia to the United States.
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Take two and don&#39;t call me in the morning: Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (nyse: NWS.WI - news - people ) prescribed a &quot;poison pill&quot; defense strategy today to stave off a potential takeover from long-time ally John Malone.
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RUPERT MURDOCHâS News Corporation has been forced into instigating a last-minute &quot;charm offensive&quot; on investors after learning that its plan to shift from Australia to the United States could be defeated.
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The Bancroft family is trying to come up with a stronger system for keeping the newsroom independent of Rupert Murdoch.
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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.
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The chairman of the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, may be telling investors and the media that his relationship with his counterpart at Liberty Media, John C. Malone, is friendly, as he did yesterday at an annual meeting.
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The Liberty Media Corporation, which is controlled by John C. Malone, began yesterday to accelerate a planned swap of nonvoting shares in the News Corporation, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch, for voting shares in the company.
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NEWS Corporation yesterday invoked a poison pill defence mechanism in an effort to stymie any hostile ambitions that John Malone might have for the company.
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Liberty Media Corp., addressing industry speculation that it might launch a takeover bid for Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp., said Tuesday it has &quot;no hostile intentions&quot; toward the media giant.
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Following a policy of trust-but-verify, Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that he wants formal assurance that Liberty Media Chairman John Malone won&#39;t make a run at his News Corp.
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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