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Murdoch's News Corp. unlikely to be in Yahoo deal

AP — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:54:18 +0000

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said his media conglomerate is “very unlikely” to be a part of any deal for Yahoo Inc., scuttling talk that Microsoft Corp. was making headway in enlisting the media mogul as part of a deal to break up the Internet search company.

Bearish Murdoch sees another year of stock trouble

AP — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:22:01 +0000

Rupert Murdoch expects the capital markets to lurch through the next 12 months as Wall Street banks sift through mountains of bad debt related to the mortgage crisis, the News Corp. chairman said...

Murdoch's mom beats Australian tax bill

AP — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:08:01 +0000

News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch’s 99-year-old mother beat Australian tax authorities in court Wednesday over a tax bill on an $81 million payment.

News Corp. withdraws bid to buy NY newspaper Newsday

AP — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:15:39 +0000

A spokeswoman for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. says the media conglomerate has withdrawn its bid to purchase Newsday.

Consumer groups oppose Murdoch's bid for Newsday

AP — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:52:39 +0000

With Rupert Murdoch closing in on owning his third New York-area newspaper, opposition is emerging from consumer groups to potentially more concentration of ownership in the nation’s media...

Wall Street Journal Parody â€” With A Topless Ann Coulter

Trevor — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:47:44 +0000

My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week to mark the April 15 tax deadline, has rankled News Corp executives so much that they’re trying to make sure no one sees it. The New York Times’ Richard...

News Corp Gives Up The Fight For Yahoo

Ankit — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:08:56 +0000

Rupert Murdoch is reported to have said that News Corp wonâ€™t fight Microsoft for Yahoo. Talking to investors at the annual Bear Stearns Media Conference, Murdoch said that â€œWeâ€™re not going to get into a fight with Microsoft, which has a lot...

Yahoo talks to Murdoch: report

Lisa — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:00:21 +0000

Yahoo Inc. is discussing a possible partnership with News Corp. in its latest effort to repel Microsoft Corp. or prod its unsolicited suitor into raising its current takeover bid, according to a person familiar with the...

Murdoch's Dow Jones Deal Gets Final OK

AP — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:22:19 +0000

Rupert Murdoch’s $5 billion-plus bid for Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, cleared its final hurdle Thursday as shareholders of the financial publishing company gave their approval, setting up the deal to close later...

Dow Jones Shareholders OK News Corp. Bid

AP — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:37:12 +0000

Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. gave final approval Thursday to a $5 billion bid from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to acquire the financial publishing company, the final step needed before one of the world’s most influential newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, changes hands.