News Corporation Offers To Buy Dow Jones and Company

News Corporation today confirmed that it has made a friendly offer to Dow Jones & Company to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company for $60 per share in cash, or in a combination of cash and News Corporation stock.

News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has a market capitalization of approximately $70 billion and had total assets as of December 31, 2006 of approximately US$59 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$27 billion. News Corporation is a diversified entertainment company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin. - News Corporation Press

Dow Jones Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal from News Corporation

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today confirmed that its Board of Directors has received an unsolicited proposal from News Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dow Jones common stock and Class B common stock for $60.00 per share in cash, or in a combination of cash and News Corporation securities.

The Board of Directors and members and trustees of the Bancroft family, who hold shares representing a majority of the Company's voting power, are evaluating the proposal. There can be no assurance that this evaluation will lead to any transaction.

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review.

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