There is much debate in the newspaper publishing business about whether family ownership is better than public ownership, whether a two-tiered stock structure is better than giving all shareholders the same voting rights.Here’s one thing: Dow Jones has been overpaying the dividend for years to the long-term detriment of the company and for the principle benefit of the Bancrofts. Read it Here at the Columbia Journalism Review

View results of this here with NewsCorp and DowJones share price movements in the last five years here