https://brandtree.org/company/news-corpAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving News Corp.https://brandtree.org/deal/newscorp-acquires-dow-jones-2007https://brandtree.org/deal/newscorp-acquires-dow-jones-2007Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMTNews Corporation acquired Dow Jones for about $5.6 billion, taking The Wall Street Journal after a contested approach to the Bancroft family that had controlled it for a century. The deal included commitments intended to protect the paper's editorial independence.https://brandtree.org/deal/news-corp-acquires-times-newspapers-1981https://brandtree.org/deal/news-corp-acquires-times-newspapers-1981Fri, 13 Feb 1981 00:00:00 GMTNews International, the British arm of Rupert Murdoch's group and now News UK, bought The Times and The Sunday Times from the Thomson Organisation after a year in which industrial disputes had suspended publication. Newspaper transfers needed the Secretary of State for Trade's consent under the Fair Trading Act 1973, and the consent came with binding conditions that still shape how the two titles are run.