U.K.'s Incisive to buy American Lawyer titles

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U.K.'s Incisive Media has bought American Lawyer Magazine publisher ALM in an all-cash deal valued at around $630 mil. The purchase approximately doubles Incisive's size and expands its U.S. market. Incisive, majority-owned by investment firm Apax Partners Worldwide L.L.P., had $280 mil in revenues last year, while ALM had around $200 mil.

United Kingdom, Investment Offices, Investment Companies, Open-End Investment Funds, Investment Funds & Trusts, American Lawyer Media Inc., Apax Partners Worldwide L.L.P.

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Murdoch's surprise bid: $5 bil for Dow Jones; high-premium offer spotlights the family that controls publisher

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Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. have made a $5 bil bid for newspaper publisher Dow Jones and Company Inc., at $60 a share in cash or a mix of cash and stock. Indications as to whether the Bancroft family, who holds the majority voting power for Down Jones, would accept or reject the offer.

Strategy & planning, Newspapers, Planning, Newspaper publishing, DJ, The News Corporation Ltd., NWS, Company business planning, Murdoch, Rupert, Dow Jones & Company Inc.

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