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Unionized Wall Street Journal reporters didn’t show up for work Thursday morning to protest Rupert Murdoch’s bid for the Journal’s parent company, as well as Dow Jones & Co.’s proposals for a new labour contract. The half-day walkout, which lasted until 2 p.m. ET, had very high participation by members of the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, which represents all Journal reporters...

News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said any deal with Dow Jones & Co. would likely be resolved in the next two or three weeks, or “not at all.” “Everything is done. We are just waiting for a final approval of the Bancroft family,” Mr. Murdoch told Reuters during a visit to Warsaw. “The final approval is in the next two, three weeks’ time or not at all,” he added. Although the...

Lydia Cacho Ribeiro is being threatened by both state and anti-state powers trying to muzzle free expression in Mexico and silence voices which expose their corruption and illegal activities. Lydia Cacho, 43, correspondent for CIMAC news agency and feature writer for 'Dia Siete' magazine in Mexico. Cacho, a journalist for more than two decades, has endured numerous death threats because of her

If Rupert Murdoch succeeds in buying Dow Jones & Co., will the unusual editorial-independence provision in the deal — which would apparently limit his involvement in The Wall Street Journal newsroom — really work? And should it? Veteran editors and newspaper executives who spoke with E&P today offered mostly criticism of the arrangement, from both the newsroom and ownership sides, saying the...

Rupert Murdoch appears to be a step closer to acquiring The Wall Street Journal, a move that would set off what promises to be culture shock at the venerable financial news institution. The Journal’s parent, Dow Jones & Co., and Murdoch’s News Corp. have agreed in principle on a set of editorial protections for The Wall Street Journal, according to a report on WSJ.com. Protecting the editorial...

Negotiators reached an “agreement in principle” Tuesday for guarding the editorial independence of The Wall Street Journal if its parent, Dow Jones, is sold to News Corp., people briefed on the talks said. That agreement clears the way for discussion of price and other remaining issues. But some of these people cautioned that certain details on editorial independence remained to be settled, and...

The decision by General Electric Co. and Pearson PLC to abandon their efforts to bid for Dow Jones & Co. aids Rupert Murdoch in his quest to acquire the publisher of The Wall Street Journal but raises questions about the strategies of the other three going forward. Pearson must now determine the best course for its Financial Times newspaper, which the publishing company was considering hiving off...

General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc, weighing a bid for Dow Jones & Co., may struggle both to top a $5 billion offer from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and to agree on a proposed structure for the combined business. Murdoch’s $60-a-share bid values the publisher of the Wall Street Journal at 65 percent more than its price before Dow Jones disclosed the offer. GE and Pearson envision an entity that...

THE Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. — publisher of the Wall Street Journal — on Thursday rejected a plan designed to preserve the paper's independence and integrity if the company is sold to Rupert Murdoch. The Australian-born head of News Corp. has long coveted the Journal and recently offered $60 a share for its publicly traded parent company, which the sprawling Bancroft clan...

On 23 May 2007, regional UHF channel Llanovisión's news programme, "La Entrevista de Hoy", was suspended after it commented on the Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) case. The programme was hosted by sociologist Laure Nicotra and was broadcast in the state of Barinas, southern Venezuela. Nicotra said that the measure was the result of an interview with lawyer Pedro Gonzáles, broadcast on 22 May...