Wall St. Journal Owners to Consider Sale
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, has effectively put the media company up for sale, saying last night that it would entertain purchase offers, including an unsolicited bid from Rupert Murdoch that was turned down one month ago.
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Acquiring the publisher of the Wall  Street Journal might appear to run against Pearson Plc&#39;s   current strategy of focusing on education, but a deal  could mean the eventual sale of its Financial Times newspaper.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  said on Tuesday that its board was prepared to recommend shareholders accept a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , leaving the fate of the company in the hands of its controlling family.
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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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Members of the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , may decide by the end of the week whether to accept a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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U.S. and European banks including  Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are  considering selling off parts of their businesses as they  prepare for tough times ahead, the Wall Street Journal  reported.
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The Sun-Times Media Group Inc., the parent company of The Chicago Sun-Times, said Monday that it was considering a sale of the company and its assets.
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BOSTON/NEW YORK  - Members of the Bancroft family that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc met in Boston on Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Financial Times publisher Pearson Plc.  is seeking partners to make a possible bid for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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The plan would keep him from controlling the content of The Wall Street Journal if the company accepts his $5 billion takeover offer.
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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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A senior member of the family that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc  said on Monday that he expects the family to decide by Friday whether to sell itself to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for $5 billion.
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While The Wall Street Journal may eventually have new ownership, one Fool hopes a reduction in quality won't follow.
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An editorial board overseeing the Wall Street Journal under a Rupert Murdoch ownership would have five members jointly chosen by Murdoch's News Corp.  and the Journal's parent company, Dow Jones.
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A tentative deal over editorial  independence at The Wall Street Journal would give Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. the sole power to hire and fire the  newspaper&#39;s top editors if it succeeds in buying Dow Jones &  Co. Inc., The New York Times said on Thursday.
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Today is a critical point in negotiations between Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Dow Jones over the potential sale of the latter company, as both sides haggle over a proposed editorial board whose aim is to keep Murdoch away from Dow Jones's prized jewel, the Wall Street Journal.
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WSJ.com to become worth what you pay for it.