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News Corp considers Natalie Bancroft for board

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Wed Nov 7, 2007 10:44am EST
Copies of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in a file photo. News Corp intends to nominate Natalie Bancroft, a member of the family that is selling Dow Jones for $5.6 billion, to its board, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp NWSa.N said on Wednesday it is considering nominating Natalie Bancroft, a member of the family involved in selling Dow Jones & Co Inc DJ.N to News for $5.6 billion, to its board.

The appointment would require News Corp's board approval, a spokesman said.

Natalie is the daughter of Hugh Bancroft III. She has lived in Geneva, Switzerland, and has studied opera. In a letter posted on the Wall Street Journal Web site on Tuesday, Natalie said she has chosen to be an opera singer.

Family members missed a deadline to nominate their own candidate for the News Corp board, according to letters posted on the Journal's Web site.


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