Investment firm with Icahn links takes out large News Corp stake September 11, 2013 THE INVESTMENT firm that joined Carl Icahn in his failed bid to block Dell’s buyout bid on Tuesday, took a 12 per cent stake in News Corp yesterday, the largest holding behind founder and chairman Rupert Murdoch. Southeastern Asset Management, based in Memphis, Tennessee, took 23.8m class B shares in News Corp, valued at $397m [...]