Mediagazer: Fox Withdraws Proposal To Buy Time Warner — And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing (Linette Lopez/Business Insider)

7:40 PM ET, August 5, 2014

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Linette Lopez / Business Insider:

Fox Withdraws Proposal To Buy Time Warner — And Time Warner Shares Are Crashing — Fox has withdrawn its plans to purchase Time Warner, according to an announcement the company made Tuesday. — Time Warner shares are down 11% post-market on the news. — Reports of an original proposal …

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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Day after trading debut, Tribune Co. spin-off stock drops 2.5% — Tribune Publishing falls in trading debut — Tribune Publishing fell in its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, one day after spinning off on its own. — The stock lost 56 cents, or 2.5 percent …