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News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday (AP via Yahoo! News)

News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday.

EnCana Corporation to hold news media briefing and conference call on Sunday, May 11, 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

EnCana Corporation will hold a news media briefing and conference call regarding a major announcement planned for Sunday, May 11, 2008.

News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By DAVID B. CARUSO News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. The decision to revoke the offer came just days after Murdoch confidently predicted he would clinch a deal to buy the newspaper within a week. News Corp. had offered about $580 million for the daily ...

nzherald named NZ’s top news website (Scoop.co.nz)

For the second year running nzherald.co.nz has been named the Best News Website at the annual Qantas Media Awards. This tribute firmly establishes nzherald as the leading news site in New Zealand.

Murdoch's News Corp. ends Newsday bid (Los Angeles Times)

Two contenders -- Cablevision Systems and media owner Mortimer Zuckerman -- remain for Tribune Co.'s Long Island newspaper after News Corp. withdraws its $580-million offer. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., once the front-runner in bidding for Tribune Co.'s Newsday, has withdrawn its $580-million offer for the Long Island, N.Y., daily newspaper, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday.