Rupert Murdoch makes bid for The Wall Street Journal $5 Billion!

Right wing hero Rupert Murdoch has taken one giant leap forward in media synergy by making a $5 Billion bid for the ever so valuable Wall Street Journal!

The Wall Street Journal will be a much needed addition to the current holdings of NewsCorporation which is currently lacking in it's holdings. Just look at this list, it's barely passing for a media monopoly;

HarperCollins
Perennial
Cliff Street Books
The Ecco Press
Quill
HarperAudio
Regan Books
Amistad Press
William Morrow
HarperTorch
Eos
HarperEntertainment
HarperSanFrancisco
HarperInformation
HarperBusiness
HarperResource
Fourth Estate
Access Travel
William Morrow Cookbooks
Branded Books Program
HarperCollins Children's Books
Greenwillow Books
Joanna Cotler Books
Laura Geringer Books
HarperFestival
HarperTrophy
Avon
Tempest
HarperCollins International
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox SportsWNVW - New York City
KTTV - Los Angeles
WFLD - Chicago
WTXF - Philadelphia
WFXT - Boston
WTTG - Washington D.C
KDFW - Dallas
WJBK - Detroit
WAGA - Atlanta
KRIV - Houston
WJW - Cleveland
WTVT - Tampa
KSAZ - Phoenix
KDVR - Denver
KTVI - St Louis
WITI - Milwaukee
WOFL - Orlando
WOGX - Ocala
WDAF - Kansas City
KSTU - Salt Lake City
WHBQ - Memphis
WGHP - Greensboro
WBRC - Birmingham
WPR - Chicago
KTBC - Austin
KVC - Austin Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports South
Fox Sports Pittsburgh
Fox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports Midwest
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
Fox Sports Arizona
Fox Sports Northwest
Fox Sports West
Fox Sports Detroit
Fox Sports Bay Area (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
Fox Sports Chicago (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
Fox Sports Cincinnati
Fox Sports Intermountain West
Fox Sports New England (with Rainbow Media)
Fox Sports New York (with Rainbow Media)
Fox Sports Ohio (with Rainbow Media)
Fox Sports Southwest (with Rainbow Media)
Madison Square Garden Network (with Rainbow Media)
FiT TV
The Health Network
Fox Sports World
FX
National Geographic's cable channel (50% with GE and National Geographic)
Golf Channel (33%)
The Family Channel
MTM Entertainment
Fox News Channel
FxM
Outdoor Life (34%)
Speedvision (34%)
TV Guide Channel (44% with Liberty Media)
34% of Hughes Electronics (DIRECTV)
British Sky Broadcasting (40% - Vivendi may dispose of 24.5% of BSkyB)
Music Choice Europe (49%)
QVC (20%)
Sky Multi-Channels
- .tv
- National Geographic Channel UK (50%)
- Paramount Channel (25%)
- Sky One
- Sky News
- Sky Soap
- Sky Travel
- The Computer Channel
- Nickelodeon UK (50%)
- The History Channel (50%)
- Sky Scottish (50%)
- Granada Sky Broadcasting (40%)
- Granada Plus
- Granada Talk TV
- Granada Men & Motors
- Granada TV High Street
- Granada Food & Wine
- Granada Health & Beauty
- Granada Home and Garden
- Fox Kids
- Premium Channels
- Sky Movies
- The Movie Channel
- Sky Sports
- Sky Movies Gold
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
TM3 (66%)
Premiere World (24%)
TV Breizh (13%)
Sky Italia
FOXTEL (25%)
- Arena (50%)
- Channel V (50%)
- FOX
- FOX History
- FOX Soap
- FOX Talk
- FOX Travel
- FOXTEL Weather
- FX
- Nickelodeon (25%)
- Sky News Australia (33.3%)
- UK TV (60%)
- Fox Sports
- The Comedy Channel (80%)
- Star TV
- STAR Chinese
- STAR Plus
- STAR Movies
- STAR Plus Japan
- STAR Movies South
- ESPN STAR Sports (50%)
- STAR Sports
- Channel V (50%)
- Viva Cinema (50%)
- Phoenix Satellite TV (17.6%)
- Phoenix Chinese
- CTV Sportsnet
- ISKYB
- Asia Today (50%)
- ZEE TV
- EL TV
- ZEE Cinema
Siti Cable Network (50%)
Stream (minority stake)
Indiovision (46%)
Film Indonesia (50%)
News Broadcasting Japan (80%)
SkyPerfect TV (11%)
Canal Fox
Fox Sports Americas
Fox Kids
Telecine (12.5%)
CineCanal (21.5%)
Sky Latin America DTH Platform
Innova (30%)
NetSat (36%)
Latin America (30%)
TV Guide (partial)
TVSM
TV Total
Cable Guide
The Weekly Standard
Maximum Golf
In Store
FSI
In Store (Canada)
FSI (Canada)
Nursery World
Pacific Islands Monthly
Twentieth Century Fox
Fox Filmed Entertainment
Fox 2000
Fox Searchlight
Fox Family Films
Fox Animation Studios
Twentieth Century Fox Home
Twentieth Century Fox TV
Fox Studios Australia
New York Post
The Times
Times Literary Supplement
The Sunday Times
The Sun
News of the World
Times Education
The Australian
The Weekend Australian
The Daily Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph
Sportsman
Herald Sun
Sunday Herald Sun
The Weekly Times
The Courier Mail
The Sunday Mail
Gold Coast Bulletin
Adelaide Advertiser
Cumberland Newspaper Group (20 titles in Sydney suburbs)
Leader Newspaper Group (30 titles in Melbourne suburbs)
Cairns Post Group (42%)
North Queensland Newspaper Group
Townsville Bulletin
Quest Community Newspapers (17 titles in Brisbane suburbs)
Northern Territory News
Sunday Territorian
Centralian Advocate
The Suburban
The Mercury
The Sunday Tasmanian
Tasmanian Country
Treasure Islander
Derwent Valley Gazette
Sunday Mail
Messenger Press Group
Sunday Times (Perth)
The Fiji Times
Nai Lalakei (Fijian)
Shanti Dut (Hindi )
Post Courier (63%)
New York Knicks (20%)
New York Rangers (20%)
Los Angeles Kings (NHL, 40% option)
Los Angeles Lakes (NBA, 9.8% option)
Staples Center (40% owned by Fox/Liberty)
National Rugby League Championship (50%) - Australian football
* Sky Radio (71%)
* Fox Sports Radio Network
* Sky Radio Sweden (28%)
* TALKCO (20%)
* Radio Veronica (42%) - Netherlands
* Sky Radio Denmark
* Sky Radio Germany
* Sky Radio Netherlands
* ClassicFM - Netherlands
* NDS (formerly News Digital Services)
* SiVenture - UK-based smartcard consultancy
* News Advanced Technologies
* News America Digital Publishing
* News America New Media
* News Internet Services
* Healtheon/WebMD (11%)
* TheStreet.com (partial stake with New York Times)
* Rivals.com (46%)
* iSyndicate
* News Digital Systems (UK)
* Line One (33%)
* Sportal (5%)
* Orbis - interactive gambling software
* News Interactive
* NEWS.com.au
* CareerOne
* AustralianIT
* FOX SPORTS
* CARSguide
* RealEstate.com.au
* PDN Xinren Information Technology (50%)
* Mushroom Records
* Festival Records
* News Outdoor Group (NOG)
* News Outdoor Bulgaria
* News Outdoor Czech Republic
* News Outdoor Poland (Town & City)
* News Outdoor Romania
* News Outdoor Russia
* Kamera (Turkey)
* News Outdoor Ukraine
* Broadsystem
* News Optimus
* SmartSource
* NewsMarketing
* New America Marketing
* Convoys Group - UK newspaper distribution
* PLD Telekon (38%) - Indonesia
* Newspoll (50%) - opinion polling
* Jamba (51%) - ringtones

NewsCorp (NWS.A)