Jeffrey Smith’s Starboard Value has acquired News Corp. stock, a move that could presage new calls from shareholders for changes to Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate, Reuters’ Svea Herbst-Bayliss reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The activist hedge fund’s intentions and the size of the holding could not be learned, the author notes.
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