Rupert Murdoch, Chief Executive Officer ntawm News Corp.
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Rupert Murdoch txoj kev npaj los sib sau ua ke Xov xwm Corp thiab Hma liab tab tom ntsib kev tawm tsam los ntawm ib qho ntawm cov tswv lag luam loj tshaj plaws hauv ob lub tuam txhab, Independent Franchise Partners.
Lub tuam txhab London-based ntseeg tias lwm txoj hauv kev, xws li kev tawg ntawm Xov Xwm Corp, kuj yuav tsum tau tshawb nrhiav. Nws kuj tseem xav tias kev sib koom ua ke yuav tsis paub tag nrho cov nqi ntawm lub tuam txhab, tus cev lus tau lees paub rau CNBC hnub Wednesday, tom qab ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom dhau los ntawm The Wall Street Journal.
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Independent Franchise Partners yog ib tus tswv lag luam loj tshaj plaws hauv News Corp thiab Fox uas tsis yog Murdoch. Nws tuav kwv yees li 7% ntawm chav kawm A shares thiab ntau dua 6.5% ntawm chav kawm B shares hauv News Corp, nrog rau kwv yees li 6% ntawm Fox's class A shares, raws li FactSet.
Murdoch tsev neeg kev ntseeg siab tswj kwv yees li 40% ntawm cov cai pov npav ntawm ob lub tuam txhab. Murdoch tau faib cov tuam txhab hauv xyoo 2013, thiab tseem yog tus thawj coj ntawm Fox thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Xov Xwm Corp, thaum nws tus tub Lachlan Murdoch yog CEO ntawm Fox thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Xov Xwm Corp.
Cov neeg sawv cev rau Xov Xwm Corp thiab Fox tsis kam tawm tswv yim rau hnub Wednesday. Thaum lub sijhawm hu xov tooj nyiaj tau los tsis ntev los no nrog cov tub ua lag luam, Fox tau hais tias tsis muaj kev hloov kho tshiab los ntawm pawg neeg tshwj xeeb hais txog qhov kev thov hloov pauv. Tsis muaj qhov tseeb tias kev sib koom ua ke yuav tshwm sim.
Lub hli tas los, Xov Xwm Corp, tus tswv ntawm Wall Street Journal tshaj tawm Dow Jones, tshaj tawm tias nws tsim ib pawg neeg tshwj xeeb ntawm pawg thawj coj saib xyuas kev txiav txim siab txog qhov ua tau. Lub tswv yim yuav rov ua dua lub tuam txhab nrog Fox, uas yog tshuav ntawm $ 71.3 nphom muag ntawm Nees nkaum First Century Fox rau Disney hauv xyoo 2019. Fox muaj txoj cai-tis TV networks Fox News thiab Fox Business, uas yog CNBC tus neeg sib tw.
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Qhov no tsis yog thawj tus tswv tsis yog Murdoch los thawb rov qab rau qhov kev pom zoo. Nyuam qhuav pib lub lim tiam no, Irenic Capital Management hais tias nws xa ib tsab ntawv rau pawg neeg tshwj xeeb hais tias Fox tsis ua hauj lwm rau News Corp lub hom phiaj ntawm lub tswv yim, thiab, zoo li Independent Franchise, ntseeg hais tias News Corp shares yog undervalued.
Irenic, uas tuav txog 2% ntawm News Corp cov kev pov npav hauv chav kawm B, tau hais tias lub tuam txhab tsis muaj nqis, thiab hloov pauv pawg neeg tshwj xeeb los txiav txim siab thim tawm nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam digital thiab Dow Jones.
Kev muag tawm cov cuab tam no yuav nyuaj dua li kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ob lub tuam txhab, hais tias cov neeg paub, thiab cov lag luam ib leeg tuaj yeem poob qhov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev ua ib feem ntawm lub tuam txhab loj.
Tus cev lus rau Irenic tsis tawm tswv yim ntxiv, tab sis taw qhia rau tus kws tshuaj ntsuam cov lus tawm tswv yim ntawm qhov kev thov hloov pauv.
"Txhua tus neeg ua lag luam uas kuv tau hais rau 10 xyoo dhau los ntawm Xov Xwm Corp tau tshaj tawm tias lawv xav tias lub tuam txhab nyuaj dhau thiab yuav tsum tau ua kom yooj yim los ntawm kev muag cov cuab tam lossis tig tawm cov cuab tam," said Craig Huber ntawm Huber Research Partners. “Kev muab ob qho tib si ua ke tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau peb. ... Qhov teeb meem yog lawv tsis mus deb txaus tom qab lawv tau cais tawm Xov Xwm Corp hauv 2013. "
Airlie Funds Management, uas yog tus tswv lag luam me hauv News Corp, kuj tau hais tias nws tsis xav tias muab ob lub tuam txhab ua ke yuav ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig, Lub New York Times tau tshaj tawm yav dhau los, thiab yuav tsis txhawb nqa kev sib koom ua ke tshwj tsis yog Fox tau them tus nqi tseem ceeb rau News Corp tus nqi Tshuag lossis ua lwm qhov kev sib cog lus ib txhij, xws li muag tawm News Corp cov cuab yeej cuab tam.
Fox's class A shares tau ua lag luam me ntsis rau hnub Wednesday, thaum Xov Xwm Corp chav A Tshuag tau nce 3%. Fox lub lag luam tus nqi yog ze li ntawm $ 17 billion, thaum News Corps yog ntau dua $ 10.5 billion.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/news-corp-fox-reunion-faces-opposition-from-large-shareholder.html