The Financial Times reported that the sale reverses stock purchases made in February, which had been highlighted as a signal of Murdoch's confidence in the company's outlook.
A News Corp. spokesman declined to comment on the stock sale. According to the regulatory filing, the 80-year-old Murdoch sold 3.63 million class A non-voting shares at prices of between $16.60 and $17.26. Overall, the sale netted him around $61.7 million, according to the FT. Because the sale was of non-voting stock, it won't dilute the Murdoch family's 40 percent voting stake in News Corp. |