Murdoch won't lift Dow Jones bid, sees decision soon
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WARSAW -- Rupert Murdoch said yesterday he had no plans to raise his $5 billion bid for media group Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc. and expected final approval from its controlling Bancroft family within two to three weeks, "if at all."
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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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Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Chief Executive Richard Zannino tentatively agreed on Monday to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling Bancroft family remains divided on the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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A key member of the family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  opposes a $5 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , fearing the sale would endanger the Wall Street Journal's independence, the paper reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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Dow Jones & Co. delivered a proposal  to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp. 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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NEW YORK -- General Electric Co. and Pearson PLC may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones &amp; Co. with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling family to keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported on their websites yesterday.
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Representatives of the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , plan to meet with News Corp.  chief Rupert Murdoch on Monday to discuss his $5 billion bid for the company, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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Rupert Murdoch sees his lofty $5  billion offer to buy Dow Jones & Co. Inc. &quot;worth paying&quot; to  empower a global network of cable, print and digital  operations, including an upcoming business news cable channel,  according to a Time magazine interview 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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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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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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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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News Corp&#39;s (NWSa.N) 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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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. Inc.&#39;s  board  will take over negotiations from the company&#39;s controlling  family regarding a $5 billion offer from Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp. (NWSa.N), Dow Jones said on Wednesday.
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co.  said on Thursday that it plans to meet with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to discuss his $5 billion bid to buy the company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Media & professional: The board of WSJ-owner Dow Jones votes to sell firm to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, pending approval of the Bancrofts.