News Corporation

Cablevision's rosy vision for Newsday

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:57:22 -0500

Cablevision's bold plan to purchase Newsday will test as never before the concept – and the economics – of the hyper-consolidation of local media by a single company. Don’t count on it succeeding.

Yahoo Exploring Joint Venture With News Corp.

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:44:30 -0600

According to AP report published in Yahoo! News the later is exploring alliance with News Corp.

News Corporation Sells 8 TV Stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:30:51 -0600

News Corporation announced today that it will sell eight of its owned-and-operated FOX network affiliated television stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.

NBC's Hulu To Rival Youtube

Ian McGuffick — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:17 -0500

The long awaited and talked about Youtube rival, Hulu, is finally here, or at least for some it is, as News Corporation and NBC began testing their site publicly Monday.

Dow Jones & Co, News Corporation Enter Into Definitive Merger Agreement

Anastvatz — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:45:08 -0500

Bancroft Family Members Holding Approximately 37% of Dow Jones' Voting Power Agree to Support the Transaction.

Dow Jones Issues Statement On News Corp Merger

Anastvatz — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:33:52 -0500

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) announced that the Board of Directors of Dow Jones has determined that it would be prepared to approve, and recommend to the Dow Jones stockholders, including the Bancroft Family stockholders, a merger agreement reflecting News Corporation’s proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dow Jones’ common stock and Class B common stock for $60 per share in cash.

News Corp. May Acquire Dow Jones

Alla — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:46:09 -0500

General Electric Co. announced this Thursday that it has abandoned talks with Financial Times publisher Pearson PLC about a possible bid for Dow Jones & Co., removing a potential rival to a $5 billion offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

News Corp. Offers MySpace for Yahoo

Alla — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:37:35 -0500

The Times newspaper reported overnight that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has discussed swapping social networking site MySpace with internet giant Yahoo in return for a 25 per cent stake in the group.

Wall Street Journal Set For Editorial Shakeup

Alla — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:22:13 -0500

The Wall Street Journal, whose parent Dow Jones & Co. is the target of a $5 billion takeover offer by News Corp., is set to shake up its newsroom by reassigning and replacing several top editors, The New York Times reported in its online edition on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

Dow Jones Intends to Meet News Corp

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:59:32 -0500

Dow Jones reports that owner Bankcroft family has agreed to meet with News Corporation discuss the proposal that Rupert Murdoch of News Corp had recently offered to buy Dow Jones Company.

News Corporation Offers To Buy Dow Jones and Company

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:55:14 -0500

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 to Launch Business Cable Network

Nymphadora — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:42:52 -0600