News Corp real estate unit may fetch more than $3B
Pictured: Lachlan Murdoch, left, Rupert Murdoch, right. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/GC Images)
News Corp., the publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch's vast media empire, is in talks to sell its stake in Move Inc. realty division for more than $3 billion to CoStar Group, according to a source familiar with the deal.
Why it matters: A sale at that price would be more than 3X what Murdoch paid for Move (the parent company to real estate listing site Realtor.com) in 2014 and is a jolt of good news for the empire after Rupert and his son Lachlan disclosed yesterday that they were scrapping the planned merger of Fox and News Corp.
Details: News of the Move sale process came in a filing after the father and son said in a statement that the Fox-News Corp merger idea was "not optimal" for shareholders.
- CoStar offers data and marketing services to the commercial real estate industry as well as the owner of Apartments.com.
- CoStar did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
What to watch: Murdoch could chose to pursue the merger again later after the real estate deal logistics are managed.
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