What would WSJ disclosure be with Murdoch as owner?
Slate.com media critic Jack Shafer wonders Wednesday how long the disclosure would be in The Wall Street Journal if News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is successful in purchasing its parent company, Dow Jones & Co. Shafer notes that the Journal currently uses a disclosure sentence that mentions that Dow Jones owns Barron’s, Marketwatch, Factiva and […]
Why a Dow Jones purchase may not pay off for News Corp.
Eric Savitz of Barron’s writes on his Tech Trader Daily blog that Bear Stearns analyst Spencer Wang has crunched some numbers and concluded that a News Corp. purchase of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, may not work financially for the acquirer. Savitz wrote, “Next, he looks at […]
Greenspan willing to team up to bid for Dow Jones
Brad Greenspan, the former CEO of the company that once owned MySpace, told The Los Angeles Times that he would be willing to work with an investment firm recruited by Dow Jones & Co. staffers to fashion a joint bid for the financial news empire. Greenspan has made an offer to buy 25 percent of […]
What will happen to Barron's?
Forbes.com columnist Gary Weiss wonders on his blog Saturday about what will happen to Dow Jones & Co. publication Barron’s, which has not been mentioned in its negotiations with News Corp. and was not mentioned in the editorial safeguards agreed upon by the two companies. Weiss wrote, “Under this agreement, the editor of Barron’s can […]
Bancroft temperature must now be taken
Sarah Ellison of The Wall Street Journal writes that now that Dow Jones & Co. and News Corp. have agreed on principles to protect the newspaper from interference, the measures need to be taken to the Bancroft family that controls the company. The Bancrofts still have the final say on whether to sell Dow Jones, […]
Dow Jones and News Corp. reach agreement on WSJ safeguards
Reuters is reporting that Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, and News Corp. have reached an agreement for editorial safeguards preventing News Corp. executives from meddling in the Journal’s journalism content. The agreement should pave the way for News Corp. to now negotiate a deal to acquire the parent company […]
Bancrofts will sell Dow Jones, but not to Murdoch
Markos Kaminis writes on the SeekingAlpha web site that he believes that the Bancrofts will sell Dow Jones & Co.,the parent of The Wall Street Journal, but not to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Kaminis wrote, “When you compete against someone, whether in media or in total wealth, like for instance Rupert Murdoch, then selling […]
Give reader more than "no comment"
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs wishes that more business journalists would give more explanation to the “no comment” that they receive from companies. In discussing a “no comment” in a recent Barron’s article, Fuchs wrote, “Unlike Barron’s, as a matter of policy, I can’t ever let a ‘No Comment’ pass. As an investor, neither should […]
A first for Barron's: National advertising insert
Steve McClellan of AdWeek writes that the latest issue of Barron’s included a national advertising insert for the first time in its 86-year history. McClellan wrote, “The 16-page supplement, created for New York stock trading firm Knight Capital Group by its ad agency, Omnicom’s Doremus, was distributed to more than 200,000 readers via the magazine […]
What kind of boss will Murdoch be to Wall Street Journal?
Slate.com media columnist Jack Shafer writed Friday afternoon about what kind of boss News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch will be if he acquires Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, and looks back to when he bought a stake in Warner Communications and got reporters from his New York Post to […]
