Dow Jones deal would let Murdoch fire editors: report
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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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Dow Jones & Co. Inc. and Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. are close to a pact that would protect the  journalistic independence of The Wall Street Journal if News  Corp. acquired the media company, according to newspaper  reports on Sunday.
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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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The Dow Jones board of directors will take over negotiations of any sale of the company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., the board said yesterday, pushing aside the company's controlling family, which has done little since meeting with Murdoch more than two weeks ago.
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Reporters are protesting the expected sale of the newspaperâs parent, Dow Jones & Company, to Rupert Murdochâs News Corporation, and the fact that they do not have a contract.
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Media & professional: The board of Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones was scheduled to meet last night for what could be executives' final discussions over Rupert Murdoch's audacious $5bn (Â£2.5bn) takeover bid.
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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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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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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 Bancroft family 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  to News Corp.(NWSa.N) a new set of proposals on how to protect  the Wall Street Journal&#39;s editorial independence, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co expects to decide by early next week if it wants to sell the company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for $5 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Dow Jones & Co.  delivered a  proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp.  (NWSa.N) 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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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.
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Christopher Bancroft, part of the family that controls Dow Jones , is trying to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a source familiar with the situation said on Monday, confirming a story reported in the Wall Street Journal.
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Directors of Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, will lead talks over the $5bn bid from News Corp.
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NEW YORK - Dow Jones &amp; Co. has reached a tentative deal on a contract with the reporters union at The Wall Street Journal, ending several months of sometimes contentious talks.
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News Corp.  and Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  have "basically agreed" to a structure to protect the editorial independence of the company's news operations, including the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones Newswires, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.