News Corporation (NYSE: NWS (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=NWS)) is a media conglomerate that operates world-wide. Its major shareholder and managing director is Rupert Murdoch. It is a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and as a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NWC
Fox Sports Net, a chain of regional cable television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local chanels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Bay Area", etc.
FX Networks, a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the Emmy Award-winning program The Shield.
It appears that rumors of the upcoming financing led NewsCorp. and possibly others to initiate acquisition discussions with Digg, and the discussions were subsequently opened up to other interested parties as well.
I don’t think NewsCorp is interested in paying $150M for a million or so geek visitors, they wouldn’t know what to do with them for a start..
NewsCorp would be a disaster and they would lose their entire original base of users if they sold to them.
Dow Jones & Co. yesterday said its board of directors had received an unsolicited proposal from NewsCorp. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dow Jones common stock and Class B common stock for $60 per share in cash, or in a combination of cash and NewsCorp. securities.
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NEW YORK -- Direct marketers who target institutions face multi-tiered structures with buying power, specific purchase timelines and restrictions as well as the benefit of tapping a growing market that holds a little more than half of the U.S. gross domestic product.
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