SpaceX is weighing a dual-class share structure for a potential initial public offering later in 2026, according to people ...

News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWS) disclosed that its largest shareholder, Starboard Value LP, believes dual-class share structures are not in the best interests of shareholders and do not reflect ...

Several readers have pointed out something I am aware of and should have mentioned: The "two-class" system of share ownership that I claim is crucial to the quality of America's best newspapers (and ...

Activist investor Irenic said it would back fellow dissident Starboard Value's push to collapse News Corp.'s dual-class share structure. Irenic previously pushed to block a considered merger between ...

Update 3:20pm: Adds News Corp. response. In the case of the Murdoch family empire, the closely held B shares have historically given the family about 40% of voting power despite owning about 15% of ...

Public companies with dual-class stock structures are set up in a way that often gives chief executives outsized influence over the direction of the firm. That can be advantageous when trying to ...