Bancroft family - Wikipedia
WEBThe Bancroft family were publicly reclusive Boston socialites who inherited The Wall Street Journal from Clarence W. Barron, who had built up a notable reputation for the newspaper as its publisher. [1]
Bancroft family - Forbes
WEBToday's heirs are the children and grandchildren of Clarence Barron's three offspring, Jane Bancroft Cook (d. 2002), Jessie Cox (d. 1982) and Hugh Bancroft Jr. (d. 1953).
Know Your Bancrofts - New York Magazine
WEBJul 23, 2007 · Christopher Bancroft, 56 and a Dow Jones board member, runs a Texas-based private-equity group. Perhaps the family’s most staunch antagonist to a News Corporation takeover, Bancroft walked out...
Bancroft Family Members Express Regrets at Selling Wall
WEBJul 13, 2011 · A number of key members of the family which controlled The Wall Street Journal say they would not have agreed to sell the prestigious daily to Rupert Murdoch if they had been aware of News ...
Shaking the Bancroft family tree - CNN Business
WEBMay 14, 2007 · Jacqueline Spencer Morgan, who married Hugh Bancroft Jr. in 1948, spread millions of dollars around this county seat and the rugged land of Lincoln County, her home for roughly 50 years.
The Family Behind the Wall Street Journal - CNBC
WEBMay 1, 2007 · The Bancroft family, which is opposing Rupert Murdoch's bid for Dow Jones, has owned the publisher of the Wall Street Journal since the turn of the 20th Century. Dow Jones was...
Who owns Dow Jones & Company? - Investopedia
WEBNov 1, 2022 · Dow Jones & Company was acquired by News Corp. in 2007 from the Bancroft family, who had owned the company since 1902. The company includes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and Dow Jones...
Dow Jones & Company - Wikipedia
WEBThe Bancroft family and heirs of Clarence W. Barron effectively controlled the company's class B shares, each with a voting power of ten regular shares, prior to its sale to News Corp. At one time, they controlled 64% of Dow Jones voting stock.
The Bancroft Family and the Battle for Dow Jones: Never Sell …
WEBMay 27, 2016 · Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, had been a source of wealth, pride and prestige for the Bancroft family for much of the 20th century. From 1928 to 2007, the family lived off company…
Bancroft family statement - Financial Times
WEBAug 1, 2007 · “All the members of the Bancroft family, wherever each came out on the News Corporation proposal, share a deep love for Dow Jones, its people, its publications and its brands.
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