News Corphas approached Pearson about a possible cash offer for its Penguin books business, threatening to derail talks about an all-share merger between Penguin and Bertelsmann’s Random House division.
Bertelsmann, News Corp and Pearson, which also owns the Financial Times, declined to comment.
One person familiar with the situation said News Corp had made an approach “at the highest level” of Pearson, but warned that a firm bid would be subject to due diligence.
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