NBC, Microsoft Considered Dow Jones Bid
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New York Times:
General Electric's NBC unit and Microsoft explored making a joint bid for Dow Jones but decided against it a week ago, a person close to NBC and Microsoft said yesterday.
No rival has yet stepped up to compete with Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
Microsoft and NBC were partners in forming the MSNBC cable television network.
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First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:05 PM ET