NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- More than 50 percent of Dow Jones & Co. shareholder votes have approved the New York company's sale to News Corp., a published report said Wednesday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Richard Zannino, chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., resigned Thursday, one week before Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. takes over.

NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- News Corp. would likely drop its $5 billion Dow Jones & Co. bid if the Bancroft family shows no more support for the deal, a News Corp. spokesman said Monday.

BOSTON, July 23 (UPI) -- Bancroft family members met in Boston Monday to consider whether to sell Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. to News Corp., a published report said.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to sue a Dow Jones & Co. board member for insider-trading, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reached a tentative deal to buy U.S. publisher Dow Jones & Co for $5 billion, Dow Jones's Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

NEW YORK, July 10 (UPI) -- Two U.S. investors met with a Dow Jones & Co. board committee Tuesday night to discuss keeping the company independent, The Wall Street Journal reported.

NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Dow Jones and Co. and News Corp. agreed in principle in New York on editorial protections necessary for a takeover by media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- News Corp. is close to a deal to protect The Wall Street Journal's journalistic independence if Dow Jones agrees to a takeover, The New York Times said.