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.