Rupert Murdoch considers merging Fox, News Corp
(Reuters) -Information Corp said on Fri it was exploring a possible merger with Fox Corp at the behest of typical shareholder and mass media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
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The publisher had formed a particular committee to examine the proposal to combine both companies.
Media companies have been researching to streamline costs, which include the divestiture or mix of assets, to counter a slowdown within marketing flight and sales of internet surfers to social media marketing and content platforms.
The Murdoch Family Confidence owns about 39.5% and 42.7% voting stakes in Information Corp and Fox Corp, respectively, based on the most recent securities filings by both companies.
on Friday
By market-close, News Corp had market cap of $9.31 billion and Fox Corp was $16.84 billion, in accordance with Refinitiv. Information Corp shares surged 5% and Fox rose about 1% in after-market trade.
Murdoch got split his empire in 2013, casing the publishing business under Information TV and Corp and movie resources under 21st Century Fox, which became Fox Corp eventually.
(Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Modifying by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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