In July $2007,$ News Corporation entered into an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Dow Jones and Company for $$66$ per share. Immediately prior to the News Corporation bid, the shares of Dow Jones traded at $$41$ per share. The number of outstanding shares at the time of the announcement was $86$ million. The book value of interest$-$bearing liabilities on the balance sheet of Dow Jones was $$1\mathrm{.}51$ billion.

Estimate the cost of this acquisition to the shareholders of News Corporation

What value did News Corporation place on the control of Dow Jones and Company?