Archive for the ‘dow’ Category

Rupert Murdoch and the accidental director

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Rupert Murdoch continues to rewrite the rules of corporate governance by appointing Natalie Bancroft, a 27-year old opera singer, to the News Corp board. With no experience in journalism and business, she has been put there to rubber-stamp Murdoch.

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Rupert Murdoch and the WSJ

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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With Rupert Murdoch’s bid for Dow Jones on a knife-edge , the pros and cons of the prospective takeover need to be examined. And the negatives are worrying. This takeover is certainly in Murdoch’s interests but it’s not in the public’s because it will mean the loss of another voice.

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