News Corp to Acquire Investor's Business Daily for $275 million

Posted Thursday, March 25, 2021 2:00 pm

Sara Fischer | Axios

News Corp announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Investor's Business Daily for $275 million.

Why it matters: News Corp. says the deal "will expand Dow Jones’s offering with the addition of proprietary data and tools for professional and retail investors to help them identify top-performing stocks."

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