Billionaire Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, has acquired Dow Jones & Company, which includes the Wall Street Journal, from the Bancroft family, after many discussions of the sale of the family. The question is whether Murdoch, known for his active and hands-on management style that would impose their will on the editorial staff and the WSJ policy and risk the destruction of the intellectual capital, which he had just bought. "Hide
on LJ Bourgeois, Divyaksh Kapoor, Michael Mussio Source: Darden School of Business 6 pages. Publication Date: November 13, 2008. Prod. #: UV1021-PDF-ENG
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