Dow Jones Is Said to Agree to a Deal to Buy MarketWatch
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Dow Jones &amp; Company, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, agreed yesterday to buy MarketWatch, the parent company of the financial news Web site CBS MarketWatch, for about $486 million, executives close to the negotiations said.
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NEW YORK-- Business news publisher Dow Jones &amp; Co. said today it is acquiring MarketWatch Inc., an online financial news and information provider, for $519 million in cash, broadening the company&#39;s presence in the growing realm of online advertising.
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Dow Jones & Co., which has been in  talks for a takeover by News Corp., will meet with supermarket  magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, a source  familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Shares of MarketWatch Inc. rose nearly 7% after Dow Jones &amp; Co. announced it would buy the parent of financial news site CBS MarketWatch for $519 million in cash.
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Dow Jones & Co Inc.'s  board of directors said on Thursday that the company plans to consider alternatives for the company, including a $5 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  to buy it.
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Dow Jones & Co  and its main labor union are close to a contract agreement for reporters and other employees at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, the New York Times reported on its Web site on Friday, citing union officials.
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Dow Jones (DJ:NYSE - news - research) won the auction for MarketWatch.com (MKTW:Nasdaq - news - research), striking a definitive agreement to acquire the online financial news provider for $18 a share, or about $519 million.
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The News Corporation and advisers for Dow Jones are close to agreeing on terms to protect The Wall Street Journalâs independence if the company is taken over.
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NEW YORK -- Shares of Dow Jones &amp; Co. rose after the Wall Street Journal reported Pearson PLC may make an offer for the company to counter Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid.
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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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The board of Dow Jones & Co Inc has endorsed a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, sending the deal to the controlling Bancroft family for final approval.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N)  has reached a tentative deal to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc.   for $5 billion, though its controlling Bancroft family remained  divided on the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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MarketWatch, the owner of a leading financial news site, CBS MarketWatch, is soliciting bids expected to be as much as $400 million for the company.
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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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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's News Corp. .
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Members of the Bancroft family,  which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , met in Boston on  Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp (NWSa.N)  for the publisher of The Wall Street  Journal.
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NEW YORK -- Dow Jones &amp; Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch Inc. for about $519 million in a deal that would end a monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.