Sep 2, 2011 9:50 AM
The News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) board will look a little different after the company’s Oct. 21 annual shareholders meeting but, so far, not when it comes to anyone named Murdoch. Two longtime directors are leaving the board, which has been criticized for being too stacked with directors who have ties…
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Mar 26, 2009 1:21 PM
In danger of becoming the forgotten man of the Murdoch family after stepping down as a senior News Corp (NYSE: NWS) executive in 2005, Lachlan Murdoch is keen to tell the world he’s still there and still interested in media investments. Once third-in-charge at NWS and thought of as heir-apparent…
Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., lachlan murdoch
Apr 7, 2008 4:19 AM
Lachlan Murdoch’s AUS$3.3 billion bid to take Australia’s Consolidated Media Holdings private has collapsed. The deal would have meant a 50/50 JV with CMH chair James Packer and would have given Murdoch interests in TV outfit Foxtel, the Nine Network, the NineMSN web JV and Carsales.com.au. FT.com reports Packer rejected…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, consolidated media holdings, lachlan murdoch
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