BANCROFT FAMILY

The 'Bancroft family' are the former owners of Dow Jones & Company — publishers of ''inter alia'' the Wall Street Journal — which is now owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (NewsCorp).

Contents
The family
Dow Jones-NewsCorp sale
References
See also

The family


The Bancrofts are a family of publicly-reclusive Boston socialites who inherited The Wall Street Journal from Clarence W. Barron, who as a reporter built up the reputation of that newspaper.1 Their private pastimes are the genteel pursuits of show-horse breeding, sailing and farming. However, the family has also produced a speedboat champion and a former airline pilot.1

Dow Jones-NewsCorp sale


The Bancroft family initially held out for three months against Murdoch's advances until accepting a $60-per-share offer from NewsCorp.[1]

References


1. Meet the Bancrofts, the media clan who sold out to Murdoch Stephen Armstrong

See also



★ Clarence W. Barron

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