Bancroft Family

News Corp. Board Member: Not A Potted Plant, Likes Camping!

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Last year, Rupert Murdoch thumbed his nose at erstwhile Dow Jones owners the Bancrofts by appointing a 27-year-old would-be opera singer, Natalie Banc...

It's Official: Dow Jones Shareholders Approve Murdoch Bid

AP | Seth Sutel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. gave final approval Thursday to a $5 billion bid from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to acquire the financial publishing ...

Dow Jones CEO Zannino To Resign One Week Before Murdoch Takes Over

Newsweek | Johnnie L. Roberts | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Dow Jones CEO Richard Zannino is expected to announce his resignation Thursday afternoon, one week before Rupert Murdoch is set to assume official con...