"A gentleman in both senses of the word, " former Dow Jones Chief Executive Peter Kann said of Mr. Cox.

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He did so after being advised not to by a lot of big names in publishing, including Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Dow Jones Chairman Peter Kann.

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Then in 2005 the Bancrofts got then chief executive Peter Kann and their other board cronies to approve a plan under which the family can sell more than half of its supervoting shares and still control Dow Jones.

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