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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by dukoid on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:19PM (#22370183)
It was a serious question where I don't know the answer... Shares are publicly traded at NASDAQ. The Murdoch family seems to hold 39% (of the shares with voting power?) according to Wikipedia... Not sure how feasible it would be to buy enough of the rest if money wasn't an issue?
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Re:Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army by Thrymr on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @04:40PM (#22370374)
That would require a hostile takeover, which is no simple thing. News Corp has a market cap of >$8.6 billion. It almost never happens that anyone can buy a controlling interest (of a sizeable corporation) on the open market without an explicit agreement from the board of directors.
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