News Corp. Clinches Dow Jones

A majority of the controlling Bancroft family has voted in favor of News Corps $5 billion buyout offer for Dow Jones.

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• Reuters - Dow Jones OKs 5bln...
• Business Standard - Dow Jones confirms takeover...
• Reuters - Dow Jones Director Leslie Hill resigns...
• The New York Times - The Side Deal in the Deal...
  

Update: The amount News Corp offered Dow Jones was mis-reported in this broadcast as $5.6 billion, when in fact it was $5 billion even.


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1. Nicolas Sarkozy as President

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• St.Pete
  
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2. Supreme Court on Patents

• Dark
  
• CNJ
  
• ITweek
  

3. News Corp in Pursuit of Dow Jones

• Reuters
  
• Bloom
  
• Taipei