The sharp divisions evident within the Bancroft family over the possible sale of Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal, to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have cast uncertainty about Dow Jones’s prospects in the event a sale is voted down. Warnings that Dow Jones’s fortunes will slide if the sale is rejected have led to heated debate within the Bancroft family, which controls 64 per cent of Dow Jones voting power. The family is due to reveal to trustees the result of its internal disputations on Monday. The Journal reports that the Bancroft family were still deliberating late on Sunday, and cites sources close to Mr Murdoch saying he is comfortable with walking away at this point if the family rejects his $60 a share offer.