Rupert Murdoch News Corp ($15 billion market value) 62%-owned property listing firm REA Group increased buyout offer to $8.1 billion has been rejected by UK largest real estate platform Rightmove. In September 2024, REA Group had increased the buyout offer to $8.1 billion (GBP 6.1 billion) from $7.3 billion (GBP 5.6 billion) for Rightmove. REA Group $7.3 billion buyout offer (GBP 5.6 billion) had earlier been rejected by UK largest real estate platform Rightmove. Read - https://lnkd.in/g8YK-2-Y follow Caproasia | Driving the future of Asia
Rupert Murdoch News Corp ($15 billion market value) 62%-owned property listing firm REA Group increased buyout offer to $8.1 billion has been rejected by UK largest real estate platform Rightmove.
In September 2024, REA Group had increased the buyout offer to $8.1 billion (GBP 6.1 billion) from $7.3 billion (GBP 5.6 billion) for Rightmove. REA Group $7.3 billion buyout offer (GBP 5.6 billion) had earlier been rejected by UK largest real estate platform Rightmove.
Earlier in September 2024, Australia media tycoon Rupert Murdoch News Corp ($15 billion market value) large shareholder Starboard Value LP (Hedge Fund) has proposed to remove dual-class share structure which provides super-voting rights & de facto control to inheritors of founder, with News Corp suffering from corporate governance resulting in valuation discount. Rupert Murdoch has a personal fortune of around $20 billion.
In 2023 September, Australia media tycoon (Age 92) Rupert Murdoch with $17 billion fortune has stepped down from $14.7 billion Fox Corp & $11.3 billion News Corp, with Rupert Murdoch eldest son Lachlan Murdoch (Age 52) taking over as Chairman of News Corp and continue as Chairman & CEO of Fox Corp. News Corp CEO is Robert Thomson.
In 2023 January, Rupert Murdoch (Murdoch & the Murdoch Family Trust) News Corp and Fox News have announced the termination of the merger plan (24/1/23), first announced in October 2022.
Rupert Murdoch had requested the News Corp & Fox News Board to review plan to merge $9 billion News Corp & $16 billion Fox News (market capitalisation), around 10 years after their split. News Corp owns leading brands including Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, The Sun, The Australian, New York Post, Realtor.com & REA Group. In April 2023, Fox Corporation & Fox News announced to pay $787.5 million settlement for a defamation lawsuit (2021) by United States voting-machine maker Dominion (Dominion Voting Systems).
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