News Corp. Looks Set To Lock Down Dow Jones
from the just-about dept
After months of negotiations, News Corp.'s bid for Dow Jones looks like it's close to completion. A tentative agreement still needs to be ratified by the full board, but barring any last minute surprises, it seems as though the original offer of $5 billion will stand. The timing is great for News Corp., as it recently set a date for the launch of its business channel, and it will undoubtedly use the Dow Jones brand to bolster the channel's credibility, helping it take on the industry leader, CNBC. It's safe to assume that there are various measures in place designed to prevent Rupert Murdoch from radically changing the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones' crown jewel, but ultimately, once the Bancroft family hands over the keys, all bets are off.
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Kick ass!
Now, as long as the new channel keeps the hot infobabes, I'll be in heaven.
Tell me you wouldn't want your business news delivered by these women: Julie Banderas, Courtney Friel, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Megyn Kelly.
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Re: Kick ass!
Umm, sorry about that. I've been reading a bit too much of the Talk Like a Pirate Day website. :-)
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Re: Kick ass!
Just know that man coulter is not a human.
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More "Fair and Balanced"...
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Re: More
Yes, Fox News has hosts that are of a conservative bent (Sean Hannity, Ollie North, even Brit Hume), but there are just as many who are of a liberal bent (Alan Colmes, Geraldo, even Shepard Smith). Bill O'Reilly is perceived by liberals as being far-right, but he is perceived by conservatives as center-left, so he's a toss-up.
In any case, if there was a news outlet that was as far to the right as the mainstreams are to the left, Fox News would seem like Pravda or China's Xinhua News Agency in comparison.
In the end, I think the purchase of Dow Jones (and the Wall Street Journal) is a purely business decision to coincide with the start of the Fox Financial channel (as Joe mentioned) and has nothing to do with politics, so think what you want about FNC, but it has no bearing on the purchase.
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Re: Re: More
The other new options while still lame don't seem to invest as much time trying to spew direct propaganda about a political view that is not lining their pockets as directly.
While the other news sources may be ultra liberal or whatever they do not seem to be so crass and classless about it.
If a large piece of the moon fell into the earth the guys at fox news would find the last Democrat that had the opportunity to have some sort of preventative action about it and blame him (even if this was 75 years ago).
In fact I would say they are more about trying to establish the blame for each event then report that the event happened.
For the more fascist minded portion of our culture who would prefer more laws and control under the guise of protecting freedom this is business as usual.
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Re: More "Fair and Balanced"...
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Or the Univeristy of Maryland's study:
http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/IraqMedia_Oct03/IraqMedia_Oct03_pr.pdf
Wake up dude.
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News Babes
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faux news lies
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I think they love the 'smoke and mirrors' of this two party ruse.
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Run!
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