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Comcast's $31 Billion Bid For U.K.-Based Sky Complicates Murdoch Plans

Rupert Murdoch had decided to take over the British media giant and flip it with other 21st Century Fox properties in a sale to Disney. But Sky directors have pulled support from his bid.
A Sky News logo is pictured on a sign outside pay-TV giant Sky Plc's London headquarters on March 17, 2017.

Every time Rupert Murdoch gets closer to control of the British-based entertainment and TV giant Sky, new obstacles arise.

The latest challenge could shatter his plans — or make him a richer man.

On Wednesday, the Comcast Corporation made a to buy a majority control of Sky in a deal valuing the British company at $31 billion. Murdoch's

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