Chairman of the Journalism Department at Boston University
Chairman of the Journalism Department at Boston University; former Deputy Managing Editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer
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Louis Ureneck
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Bancroft Family Agrees to Sell Dow Jones to Rupert Murdoch Australian Rupert Murdoch will become America's most powerful news executive if today's tentative $5 billion deal with the Bancroft Family gives him Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal . Three dozen members of the Bancroft family were reportedly " deeply divided " over the deal which could threaten the credibility of the Journal. Did Murdoch make them an offer they couldn't refuse? Dow Jones stock was trading at $36 a share when Murdoch offered to buy it for $60. Louis Ureneck chairs that Journalism Department at Boston University.
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