Archive for the 'Bancroft Family' Category

MAD KRAMER VS. DOW JONES

Published by Juan Antonio Giner June 13th, 2007 in Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, Jim Cramer, MURDOCH, Ottaway and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. 0 Comments

Jim Cramer writes in thestreet.com about the 10 Stories You Won’t Read About Dow Jones’ Merger Missteps
I keep thinking about what The Wall Street Journal would write about the following company’s takeover trials.
1. The company gets the takeover bid and the senior officers sit on the bid and disclose it to no one as [...]

AL NEUHARTH ON MURDOCH AND THE BANCROFT FAMILY

Published by Juan Antonio Giner June 11th, 2007 in Advertising Age, Al Neuharth, Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, Graham, MURDOCH and Sulzberger. 0 Comments

Nat Ives in Advertsing Age asks Al Neuharth:
Will Rupert Murdoch succeed in buying Dow Jones?
And Neuharth responds:
I wrote a column when his offer was first announced in which I predicted that Murdoch will wind up owning Dow Jones, and that’s more and more clear as time goes by.
What happens in these situations is [...]

THE MURDOCH MEDIA ADVANTAGE

Published by Juan Antonio Giner June 8th, 2007 in Bancroft Family, Barney Kilgore, Dow Jones, Roy Greensland, Rupert Murdoch, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and The New York Times. 0 Comments

Roy Greensland liked my last comment about Murdoch.
Well… here’s another cheap shot.
This one is from an art director (a very bad one if this is what he produces) from The New York Times.

Let me just add one thing:
The Bancroft family is the same one that, for decades, produced a very poor Wall Street Journal.
The credit [...]

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL UNDER RUPERT MURDOCH?

Published by Juan Antonio Giner June 7th, 2007 in Bancroft Family, Rupert Murdoch, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, U.S. newspapers, editorial pages, editorial voice and multimedia and online strategy. 4 Comments

It’s clear to me that, in general, U.S. journalists, editors and publishers don’t like Rupert Murdoch.
Why?
The U.S. newspaper industry is very parochial.
Go to the participant list of any big international newspaper conference outside the United States and you will find only a few people from this country.
Go to any of their domestic conferences and [...]

THE BANCROFT FAMILY: IN OTHER WORDS, YES, WE ARE GOING TO SELL DOW JONES

Published by Juan Antonio Giner May 31st, 2007 in Bancroft Family, Dow Jones, MURDOCH, News Corporation, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and Wall Street. 0 Comments

The Bancroft family said today:
We will meet with Rupert Murdoch to discuss his $5 billion bid for Dow Jones.
We will consider other bidders and options for the company.
“After a detailed review of the business of Dow Jones and the evolving competitive environment in which it operates, the Family has reached consensus that the mission [...]

THE BANCROFT FAMILY

Published by Juan Antonio Giner May 13th, 2007 in Bancroft Family, Dow Jones and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. 0 Comments

The Wall Street Journal has a great story this weekend about the owners of Dow Jones, the Bancrofts, including some old pictures of this low-profile family.
With their roots in Boston, the Bancrofts have lived in a world of show horses, sailing and mountainside estates.
They have done so while being fiercely protective of Dow [...]

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