Dow Jones & Co. is considering a possible deal under which it would pay legal fees of shareholder Christopher Bancroft in a bid to get further support for its deal with News Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
The payment would be in exchange for Bancroft not blocking a trust he oversees from voting to approve the sale of Dow Jones to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for $5.6 billion, including debt.
The trust holds 13.2 percent...
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