21st century fox prepared to offer for the 85 a share for time warner. E joins us now with more. Another big deal Rupert Murdoch is known for, but he got rebuffed. Jeff bewkes, who runs time warner inc. , he thinks it is better for the company to remain independent. He has been selling off assets. When he first took over, he sold aol and timeun off warner cable. Recently, hes been off recently, he spun off time inc. It is a much cleaner and more focused company in terms of being a pure play Video Entertainment business, which would fit in with fox. Was in google rumored to be a better for time warner . Bit mores a farfetched. We dont have reporting that the kids anything real with any kind of Silicon Valley company. Philosophically, it makes sense that some of the emerging Silicon Valley companies with want more content. Youtube, it is a business that has not found its footing. It is growing but it is unclear what the Business Model is. Time warner has a great Business Model. Whether i
Ceo john donahoe called the corridor challenging. They showedow ecommerce search results weighing on the business, but the paypal unit showing solid growth. Pay 450s agreed to Million Dollars to settle allegations that it conspired to fix ebook prices. The trial between them and 33 attorney generals was going to start this month. Tole just paired with ibm improve enterprise business. To our lead story of the day, Rupert Murdoch looking for a new piece to his media empire and hes hoping time warner is the perfect fit. The warner has rejected initial bid and murdoch is said to be willing to pay more to get cnn, turner,hbo, and more. It was first brought to the attention by murdochs deputy over lunch last month in new york. A numberncerned about of factors including succession plans, the fox share structure, and the future of cnn. I want to bring in senior west coast correspondent Jon Erlichman with us from l. A. Thise been reporting on all day long. What is the latest on what we know now
Ecommerce search results weighing on the business, but the paypal unit showing solid growth. Apple has agreed to pay 450 Million Dollars to settle allegations that it conspired to fix ebook prices. The trial between them and 33 attorney generals was going to start this month. Apple just paired with ibm to improve enterprise business. To our lead story of the day, Rupert Murdoch looking for a new piece to his media empire and hes hoping time warner is the perfect fit. Time warner has rejected the initial bid and murdoch is said to be willing to pay more to get the owner of hbo, cnn, turner, and more. It was first brought to the attention by murdochs deputy over lunch last month in new york. He was concerned about a number of factors including succession plans, the fox share structure, and the future of cnn. I want to bring in senior west coast correspondent Jon Erlichman with us from l. A. Youve been reporting on this all day long. What is the latest on what we know now . Well, look at
Murdoch is said to be willing to pay more in order to get the owner of hbo and all that stuff. People familiar with the matter say he was concerned when a number of factors, including lambs and foxs share structure and the future of cnn. Them andng spoke with a reporter jeff mccracken. He was previously a managing director at time warner investments where he worked with various operating groups, including aol, hbo, time warner, all those. We started by asking what he thinks of the proposed deal. I think this means this makes a lot of sense for fox. What he has them is a shed a core assets. For fox it makes sense because they are buying a crown jewel asset. For time warner i can see why they created a lot of values. They are pushing back on a deal at this point. You have been reporting on this from the beginning. You know how this started to come together. Give us details. It all starts with a friendly lunch in new york. Jeff bewkes gets together with jay scarry and chase drops the idea
He said he would be willing to. Ay more first brought the attention of kerry and lunch in new york. People seem concerned about number of factors, including lands for a share structure and the future of cnn. For more we spoke with Jeff Mccracken and niels akira. Previously a managing director at time warner investments, where he worked with various operating groups. Emily started by asking him what he thinks of the proposed deal. This makes a lot of sense for fox. What jeff has done over the last 10 years is shed core assets and increase value for time warner. I think of for fox it makes sense, they are purchasing a crown jewel asset area for time warner i can see why they think they have created a lot of value. Reporting oneen this from the very beginning. You know how this started to come together. It starts with a friendly lunch in new york in early june. He gets together with chase carey, who drops the idea of a big merger. Then there are three really big issues. One, what is the p