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Submitted: May 23, 2007 - 8:08am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:26am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 7:26am
NEWS CORP MAY 'WALK AWAY' FROM DOW JONES, PALI SAYS
[SOURCE: Bloomberg, AUTHOR: Leo Lazaroff]
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. may be preparing to walk away from a $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co. after trying without success to win support from the controlling Bancroft family, Pali Research analysts said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=apM1VCRrN.IM&refer=news
* The Wall Street Journal riddle
The bid to buy Dow Jones has been a loser in that Murdoch's bid has opened the door to a very public and bruising examination of the crass brand of journalism his properties often practice, and why he would be the wrong person -- too irresponsible, too unprincipled -- to own the venerable Wall Street Journal.
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200705220003
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