Rupert Murdoch is reportedly trying to buy Time Warner

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last updated 8 January 2015

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has made an unsolicited $80 billion takeover offer for Time Warner, The New York Times reports, citing "people briefed on the matter." The offer, $85 a share in stock and cash, represents a 25 percent premium on Time Warner's current stock price.

Time Warner has brushed off the offer, The Times reports, but adds that "Murdoch has built a global media juggernaut over nearly five decades spanning studios, television channels and newspapers, in part, by pursuing bold deals that were often rebuffed at first by the targets of his overtures, only to later acquiesce." The sources say that "Murdoch is determined to buy Time Warner and is unlikely to walk away," the paper adds.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.