Murdoch acquires Dow Jones

NEWSWATCH: News Corp, run by Rupert Murdoch, will be taking over Dow Jones & Co and The Wall Street Journal in a US$5 billion takeover deal, reports Business Report and Mail & Guardian Online, subject to shareholder agreement. This historical deal is a result of Murdoch gaining support from the Bancroft family.

By Simone Puterman

1 Aug 2007

For more, go to Business Report and Mail & Guardian Online.

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at simone@marklives.com.
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