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Bancroft

October 9, 2008

Does it matter if your family has no emotional attachment to the family business? I only ask because new research has touched on this very subject and highlighted several interesting issues.

The study by the Institute for Family Business, "Emotional Ownership - The Critical Pathway Between the Next Generation and the Family Firm", reports that fostering emotional ownership at an early age gives family members a sense of identification and attachment to the family business.

WSJ Special Committee claims Murdoch meddling

May 1, 2008

Rupert Murdoch has been reprimanded by the Special Committee he himself agreed to set up to guarantee the editorial integrity of the Wall Street Journal.

Rupert Murdoch has been reprimanded by the Special Committee he himself agreed to set up to guarantee the editorial integrity of the Wall Street Journal. The committee was established after the exiting Bancroft family expressed fears about Murdoch's influence in the wake of his purchase of Dow Jones & Co.

Murdoch empire grows as Bancrofts exit Dow Jones

September 1, 2007

Speculation that Rupert Murdoch would prevail in his bid for Dow Jones Company came to a halt after a mere three months, with an outcome that didn’t raise too many eyebrows. Shahnaz Mahmud examines the challenges the media mogul faced along the way

Shahnaz Mahmud is a freelance journalist based in the US.

Speculation that Rupert Murdoch would prevail in his bid for Dow Jones Company came to a halt after a mere three months, with an outcome that didn't raise too many eyebrows. Shahnaz Mahmud examines the challenges the media mogul faced along the way