默多克联手钱德勒家族竞购论坛报业集团

　　Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has joined the Chandler family in its bid for newspaper and television station owner Tribune Co.， a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

　　The source said News Corp.'s participation is considered small and Murdoch's goal is primarily to cut printing and back-office costs at his media conglomerate's money-losing New York Post newspaper.

　　“If their bid is successful (they) would do some deal and have some sort of operating agreement with the Post and Newsday ……that would be financially advantageous through cutting costs，” the source said.

　　News Corp. is not interested in buying Tribune's Newsday outright as U.S. media ownership laws could prevent the company from owning another newspaper in the New York region， the source said.

　　The Chandler family， who are Tribune's biggest shareholder， News Corp. and Tribune all declined to comment.

　　一位熟悉内情的消息人士周二表示，鲁珀特·

　　该消息人士说，新闻集团这次仅是小规模参与竞购，默多克的主要目的是为削减其旗下《纽约邮报》的印刷和后台开支。《纽约邮报》目前陷入亏损状态。

　　该消息人士表示：“如果新闻集团与钱德勒家族的合作成功，双方将会共同促成一些合作，并会在《纽约邮报》和《新闻日报》的运作上达成共识。这样也会有利于削减一定的成本。”

　　此外该人士还透露，由于美国法律禁止新闻集团在纽约地区再拥有一家报纸，该集团无法直接收购论坛报业集团旗下的《新闻日报》，因此选择与钱德勒家族携手竞购。

　　钱德勒家族和新闻集团以及论坛报业集团都拒绝对此置评，钱德勒家族是论坛报业集团最大的股东。