The US publisher of the The Wall Street Journal today said it had received a preliminary takeover approach from Rupert Murdoch’s media company News Corporation.
Dow Jones confirmed it had received an unsolicited bid proposal of 60 US dollars a share (£30) from the owner of The Sun and The Times valuing the firm at around 5 billion US dollars (£2.5bn).
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