’s CEO. Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has made a preliminary bid to acquire Sky for an estimated $14.1bn . The deal could see the two firms "aligning around media", according to Wieser , a senior equity analyst at Pivotal Research . Brian Wieser also said Sky could licence its content to Fox , while the UK media company could gain a regional insight into the UK . Brian Wieser ’s News Corp tried to take over Sky in 2010 , but was stymied by the then-breaking phone hacking scandal at News International .
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has made a preliminary bid to acquire Sky for an estimated $14.1bn . The deal could see the two firms "aligning around media", according to Wieser , a senior equity analyst at Pivotal Research . Brian Wieser also said Sky could licence its content to Fox , while the UK media company could gain a regional insight into the UK . Brian Wieser ’s News Corp tried to take over Sky in 2010 , but was stymied by the then-breaking phone hacking scandal at News International .