Friday, July 20, 2007

UPDATE 2-Internet entrepreneur details Dow Jones proposal

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 20 - Internet entrepreneur Brad
Greenspan outlined a new proposal on Friday to keep Dow Jones &
Co Inc out of Rupert Murdoch's hands, saying his plan
could help boost the stock price to above $100.




Urging shareholders to reject Murdoch's $5 billion takeover
bid, Greenspan offered to lend members of the Bancroft family,
which controls Dow Jones, $400 million to $600 million to buy
out other Bancrofts who want to cash out at $60 per share --
the price Murdoch's News Corp has offered.


Read more at Reuters.com Mergers News

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