Douglas MacIntyre writes on the 24/7 Wall Street site about what would happen to Dow Jones & Co. if the Bancroft family that controls the company turns down News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch‘s $5 billion offer.
MacIntyre wrote, “Cutting costs at the Journal would probably involve cutting jobs or getting employees to work for less. It would also almost certainly require moving more readers to an internet platform to save money in paper and production.
“Rejecting Murdoch would be ugly for shareholders, but it might not be the end of the line for the share price.”
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