NWS-DJ Watch: Greenspan Bid Grows Curiouser And Curiouser; Burkle, EchoStar As Partners?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend … the old saying came to mind when I first heard that entrepreneur Brad Greenspan might be teaming with… Read more »
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NWS-DJ Update: DJ Makes Last Push For Alternative Buyers; Meeting With Burkle
This WSJ report sheds a little light on the quick rebuttal to last week’s claim of a done deal between News Corp. and Dow Jones … The DJ f… Read more »
Dow Jones-News Corp Deal Not Done
By Rafat Ali
Dow Jones has denied a Business UK report that said News Corp has agreed with the Dow Jones board to terms of a $5 billion bid for the compa… Read more »
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NWS-DJ: Bancroft Lawyers Key: Editorial Agreement Detailed; Greenspan Spins
Bancroft trusts: WSJ explains the role the Bancroft trusts — and their lawyers — play in the sale process.
Editorial agreement:WSJ: The p… Read more »
NWS-DJ: Murdoch: Price Of Journal Is ‘$60 Plus Vitriol’; WSJ Staffers Report Late To Work In Protest
Another torrent of words on Rupert Murdoch but this time the News Corp. chairman was an active participant … Time’s Eric Pooley made the m… Read more »
Murdoch: No Plans To Raise Dow Jones Bid; Final Approval Soon
By Rafat Ali
Why would he? They’re already salivating over $60 per share bid. Murdoch told Reuters that he had no plans to raise his $5 billion bid for D… Read more »
Industry Moves Roundup: Tribune; MTV; Fox News; Roo Group; IMG
By David Kaplan
– Tribune Broadcasting: Rick Felty has been promoted to VP-digital media, a new post at the Tribune Company unit. Felty was VP-creative ser… Read more »
NWS-DJ: The Two Agree On Editorial Board
By Rafat Ali
News Corp and Dow Jones board have come to an agreement on the make up of an editorial board that would oversee the Wall Street Journal foll… Read more »
Searching For Murdoch In Plain Sight
Thousands of words in the NYT’s two-parter on Rupert Murdoch’s business style and precious few of them really new. Anyone who is likely to c… Read more »
NWS-DJ Monday Developments: News Corp. Nears Dow Jones Editorial Pact; Bancrofts Still The Wildcard
By Rafat Ali
WSJ has a blow-by-blow of the intense negotiations going on between Dow Jones and News Corp, in trying to nail down editorial protections fo… Read more »
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Murdoch Close To Making Peace On Editorial Independence With Bancrofts: Report
By Rafat Ali
Since Dow Jones sent Murdoch an editorial independence proposal Friday, much has happened, as News Corp. officials reacted coolly to the doc… Read more »
Bloomberg To Add 10 Percent More Reporters On Strong Terminal Sales
Putting into context some fears of editorial cuts at Pearson, if it buys Dow Jones, Bloomberg says it will hire 240 journalists this year to… Read more »
NWS-DJ: GE Won’t Pursue Bid For Dow Jones; Pearson Gives In But May Try Other Combos
GE will not be part of a bid for Dow Jones, the company has officially declared. Thus ends it brief flirtation…it has been in and out of t… Read more »
NWS-DJ: Brad Greenspan Auditions For Role Of DJ White Knight; Offers To Acquire 25 Percent
Nowhere on anyone’s list of possible suitors for Dow Jones, Brad Greenspan of MySpace early days’ fame is giving it a whirl. Greenspan is le… Read more »
NWS-DJ: DJ Statement: Board, Not Family, Will Take Lead With News Corp. From Here Out
A major switch in the way the possible acquisition of Dow Jones by News Media is being handled … For the past few weeks the Bancroft famil… Read more »
Industry Moves: Changes In DJ Digital; New GMs For Online Units; Molland Joins As SVP At Reuters
By Rafat Ali
Some management changes in the Dow Jones consumer online team (not to be confused with the online editorial changes made recently): Maria Mo… Read more »
Pearson’s Les Echos Sale Fuels FT/DJ Speculation
Pearson’s likely sale this week of French newspaper Les Echos to billionaire Bernard Arnault has fueled speculation on whether its Financial… Read more »
DJ Bidding Dance: Expected Savings With Pearson; Analysts Skeptical; Tom Wolfe Plus John Updike
By Rafat Ali
Lots of commentary and speculation following the “news” this weekend that Pearson is mulling a joint bid on Dow Jones, along with GE. Among… Read more »
Industry Moves Roundup: Sonos; Dow Jones Online; Warner Bros.; Valleywag; Crayon/Digitas
By David Kaplan
– Sonos: Digital streaming system developer Sonos has tapped former Sony executive Phil Abram as president and COO. Most recently, he serve… Read more »
GE To Decide Soon On DJ Bid; Joint Bid With Pearson Possible With Bancrofts Retaining Minority
By Rafat Ali
On Friday we reported on Pearson looking at bidding for Dow Jones, and that it may tie-up with GE, which has also been looking at the possib… Read more »
NWS-DJ: Pearson Looking For Possible Partner To Challenge News Corp. Bid; Still A ‘Longshot’: WSJ
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Pearson PLC, publisher of FT (the other most expensive daily business newspaper), is trying to pul… Read more »
WSJ, FT Up Print Prices; Sign Of Business Information Confidence
Indicating confidence readers will still pay for accurate business information despite the availability of the internet, Wall Street Journal… Read more »
More On MarketWatch Status
The exec changes announced today at the WSJ include Dave Callaway, editor of MarketWatch, reporting to Alan Murray, new WSJ executive editor… Read more »
WSJ Changes ‘Complete’ Print, Online Integration
The WSJ made its latest news exec re-org official today with an emphasis on completing the integration of print and online. (As we told you… Read more »
NWS-DJ: WSJ Newsroom Changes; Bancroft Editorial Board Proposal Headed To Murdoch
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da … While the Bancrofts refine a proposal for editorial independence, new managing editor Marcus Brauchli is asserting hi… Read more »
NWS-DJ Watch: Editorial Board Proposal; Shares Sold; Murdoch Advisor
In today’s installment, the Bancrofts and News Corp. still are looking for a way to make the concept of an editorial work for their differen… Read more »
Microsoft and GE Looked At Dow Jones; Couldn’t Reach Agreement
By Rafat Ali
Both Microsoft and GE were in discussions in recent weeks to combine Dow Jones with some portions of GE’s NBCU, in response to the News Corp… Read more »
NYT Editorial Asks Bancrofts To Look At Alternatives
By Rafat Ali
In a rather extraordinary editorial in Sunday New York Times today, the paper hopes that “the Bancrofts will find a way to continue producin… Read more »
NWS-DJ: DJ Board Approves Sweeter Severance; 160 Senior Managers Now Covered
If Dow Jones is sold, some 160 senior managers have extra protection. Until the board approved expansion of severance packages, only 25 exec… Read more »
NWS-DJ: Zannino’s Role; DJ Chairman; Philly’s Tierney?
Some of the NWS-DJ stories as pubs fill space and time waiting for the next step:
Neutral CEO: DJ CEO Rich Zannino tells USAT he hasn’t adv… Read more »
NWS-DJ: More From Murdoch: Would Keep Crovitz
WSJ.com has posted edited excerpts from a 90-minute June 1 Rupert Murdoch interview that was the basis for its lengthy June 5 front-page art… Read more »
Burkle Tries Again; Now Working With DJ Union On Bid Advisory; No Formal Bid Yet
By Rafat Ali
Ron Burkle, the billionaire who lost out to competition in the last three big newspaper bids he did — Knight Ridder, Philadelphia Inquirer… Read more »
Murdoch Reject Bancrofts’ Independent Board Idea; Employees Union Considering Other Options
By Rafat Ali
Updated below: Rupert Murdoch had a “constructive” meeting with the Bancrofts today on the future of Dow Jones, reports Reuters…this to th… Read more »
Murdoch Willing on DJ Concessions, But Not Too Much; Reuters Trustees-Type Structure Possible
By Rafat Ali
Rupert Murdoch is willing to make concessions in his talks with Bancrofts on his bid for Dow Jones, but has limits, he said in an interview… Read more »
NWS-DJ: How Bancrofts Came Around; Meeting Scheduled For Monday
By Rafat Ali
NYT and WSJ both have detailed stories on how the Bancrofts came around to at least be willing to meet Rupert Murdoch and consider other sal… Read more »
Growth Slows For National, Traditional Media But Local Online Ad Spend Continues To Rise: Report
By David Kaplan
While online advertising in general may be showing signs of slowing, the case appears to be the opposite when focusing specifically on local… Read more »
NWS-DJ: Bancrofts’ Shift Surprises; Murdoch Bid Seemed Stalled
A month ago, the news that Rupert Murdoch through News Corp. was willing to pay $60 per share to take over Dow Jones sent shock waves throug… Read more »
NWS-DJ: Bancroft Family Agrees Sale, Other Options May Be Best; Will Meet With Murdoch
The Wall Street Journal’s own story says it best: “Dow Jones & Co.’s 125-year history as an independent media company could be nearing an en… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: News Corp.-NBC; BW; Break.com; Voxant; Universal Music; TCM
By David Kaplan
– News Corp. and NBC Universal Add Content: News Corp. and NBC Universal have signed up FUEL TV, Oxygen, SPEED, Sundance Channel and TV Gui… Read more »
@ D: We Live In Interesting Times
By Rafat Ali
The start-studded D conference started this evening, with an intro by Gordon Crovitz, publisher of Wall Street Journal, who gets the award f… Read more »
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