TCI’s Chris Hohn Goes Activist on Rupert Murdoch

The British fund manager fired off a letter to the Twenty-First Century Fox chairman, urging the company to consider a possible offer from Comcast if it offers a higher price for the business than Disney.

Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg

Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg

Chris Hohn’s TCI Fund Management is turning up the heat on Rupert Murdoch.

In a letter to the executive chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox, Hohn urged Murdoch to consider a potential bid from Comcast if it offers a higher price than he agreed to accept from Disney, disputing Murdoch’s notion that a Comcast deal has a higher regulatory risk.

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