Tuesday, July 24, 2007

UPDATE 1-Bancroft Dow Jones decision seen next week-source

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 24 - The family that controls Dow
Jones & Co expects to decide by early next week if it
wants to sell the company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp
for $5 billion, a source familiar with the matter said
on Tuesday.




The Bancroft family holds 64 percent of Dow Jones's voting
shares and their adviser, Hemenway & Barnes lawyer Michael
Elefante, is canvassing family members this week to see if they
would approve the bid.


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