Bancroft family

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The Bancroft family are the former owners of Dow Jones & Company — publishers of inter alia the Wall Street Journal — which is now owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (NewsCorp).

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[edit] The family

The Bancrofts are a family of publicly-reclusive Boston socialites who inherited The Wall Street Journal from Clarence W. Barron, who as a reporter built up the reputation of that newspaper.[1] Their private pastimes are the genteel pursuits of show-horse breeding, sailing and farming. However, the family has also produced a speedboat champion and a former airline pilot.[1]

[edit] Dow Jones-NewsCorp sale

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The Bancroft family initially held out for three months against Murdoch's advances until accepting a $60-per-share offer from NewsCorp.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Armstrong, Stephen. "Meet the Bancrofts, the media clan who sold out to Murdoch", The Guardian: g2, 2007-08-02, pp. 2. 

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