Person close to talks says cable TV company Cablevision on verge of buying Newsday for $650M

iht.com     May 12, 2008            

A person with knowledge of the situation says cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million (€420.49 million). ... Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper... [read full story]                

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Sources: Cablevision's Newsday bid is being taken seriously

poynter.org     May 9, 2008          

Newsday Rupert Murdoch is confident he'll win Newsday for $580 million, but the higher bid from Cablevision is still being seriously considered, reports Mark Harrington. Lawyers for the cable firm and Tribune are "working intently to move this forward." Much energy is being spent on Cablevision's...                

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Murdoch Confident in Newsday Bid

redorbit.com     May 9, 2008          

By Tim Arango Rupert Murdoch has said that he is confident that News Corp. will succeed in its bid for Newsday, while also saying that he will not get into a bidding war with the two other moguls vying for Newsday, a suburban New York newspaper. ... Murdoch, who spoke...                

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News Corp pulls bid for Newsday

earthtimes.org     May 10, 2008          

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has withdrawn its bid to buy Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, a spokesman said on Saturday. ... The spokesman said the deal had become "uneconomical." Cablevision Systems Corp earlier bid $650 million to buy the newspaper,...                

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News Corp. Withdraws Newsday Bid

ibtimes.com     May 10, 2008          

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has withdrawn its bid to buy Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. ... News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in an undated photo. (AP File Photo)                

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Murdoch kills Newsday bid

reuters.com     May 10, 2008          

When Rupert Murdoch said the other day that he wasn’t investing in newspapers anymore, we assumed that he was being ironic, especially as it came in the same telephone conference call with News Corp analysts and reporters in which he said that he thought his agreement to buy Newsday from Tribune...                

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Murdoch withdraws Newsday bid, calls deal "uneconomical"

poynter.org     May 10, 2008          

Reuters Rupert Murdoch's News Corp says it's unable to justify outbidding Cablevision's $650 million offer from an economic perspective. "News Corp's decision to walk away from Newsday is an unexpected twist in the three-way bidding war for the paper," says Reuters. Mort Zuckerman submitted a...                

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NEWS CORP. BAILING ON $580M BID FOR NEWSDAY

nypost.com     May 10, 2008          

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has pulled its $580 million bid for Tribune Co.'s Newsday off the table, a company spokesman said today. News Corp. - which also owns The Post - was unable to justify outbidding Long Island-based cable operator... ... Rupert Murdoch's News...                

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You Lose, Loser! [Ha-Ha!]

gawker.com     May 10, 2008          

"News Corporation, the global media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, is withdrawing its bid to purchase Newsday. The withdrawal of the bid was first reported on the Web site of The Wall... ... "News Corporation, the global media conglomerate controlled by Rupert...                

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News Corp unexpectedly drops bid for Newsday

earthtimes.org     May 10, 2008          

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Saturday dropped its $580 million bid for Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, just days after Murdoch said a deal was imminent, leaving cable television operator Cablevision as the likely winner of the Long Island daily.                

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News Corp. Withdraws Bid To Purchase Newsday

wcbstv.com     May 10, 2008          

A spokeswoman for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. says the media conglomerate has withdrawn its bid to purchase New York newspaper Newsday. ... NEW YORK (AP) ― A spokeswoman for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. says the media conglomerate has withdrawn its bid to purchase Newsday....                

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