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News Corp. earnings report highlights need for coming corporate crack-up
The company's latest quarterly earnings report, issued this afternoon, paints a clear picture of why News Corp. is so keen on the separation. More
(1)Publisher Jesse Angelo is restructuring the money-losing New York Post's revenue operation
It's no secret the Post hemorrhages cash (as much as $110 million a year, according to one recent estimate), but nevertheless continues to be subsidized by Murdoch's love of newspapering and the influence it once bought him in New York power circles.
But with the Post and the rest of New Corp's publishing assets about to break off from the lucrative entertainment titles that have long cushioned them in quarterly earnings reports, there's more pressure than ever to shore up the bottom line. More
The new print operation from Rupert Murdoch, debt-free and flush with cash
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More
Gerard Baker introduces himself to staff at 'Journal,' says that 'outside the coasts' people love the editorials
One person at Friday's Town Hall asked whether Baker had given any thought to rejiggering the editorial page. He demurred, saying that he has no authorty over the opinion pages. But he said that the editorials often rank among the most-read content on wsj.com and joked that "outside of the coasts," people really love them. More
News Corp. says its split-up is on track
The separation of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. into two separate publicly-traded companies is on track for the end of the current fiscal year, executives said today. More
News Corp. earnings calls got boring after Rupert Murdoch left them, but Twitter offers consolation
News Corp.'s quarterly earnings calls with Wall Street analysts and the press weren't always such dull affairs. But when Rupert Murdoch stopped participating in them a little more than a year ago, the chance of anything really provocative or surprising or blunt being said vanished with him. More
The first stirrings of Rupert Murdoch's new company, nickname: 'PubCo'
First thing: Hire the publicists. More
Fred Dicker: Long-serving 'Post' editorial-page editor Bob McManus to retire
The New York Post editorial page editor Bob McManus is retiring, announced the paper's state editor Fred Dicker. More
The Daily's 'nicely dressed' Mike Nizza is named editor of Esquire Digital
Another member of The Daily's editorial team has landed on his feet as News Corp. prepares to shut down the short-lived tablet publication. More
Champagne corks fly at 'The Journal' while, three floors up, Daily staffers start job-hunting
To assist the Daily staffers in that effort, there will be an internal job fair on Dec. 19. Several of them have already landed on their feet, including editor Jesse Angelo, who has been promoted to publisher of sister title the New York Post, and veteran gossip Richard Johnson, who had left the Post to become the Daily's Hollywood bureau chief but who is also headed back to the tabloid, according to an announcement this afternoon on his Facebook page. More
The end of The Daily wasn't just about Rupert Murdoch's money
For those who have been saying almost since it launched that The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's tablet-only daily newsmagazine, was doomed to fail: congratulations on today's announcement that the publication is folding. More
Rupert Murdoch on big News Corp. re-org: 'Daily' will shut down, Angelo moves to 'New York Post'
Starting Dec. 15, News Corp's iPad newspaper, The Daily, will cease publication, bringing an end to an ambitious and expensive two-year experiment in tablet publishing that ultimately failed to be a considerable driver of readers and revenue in the nascent tablet-publishing market. More
News Corp. executive sidesteps rumors about plans to acquire more newspapers
"Obviously we should look at some things," said president and C.O.O. ChaseCarey, speaking on a conference call with Wall Street analysts. "But I'm not going to get into commenting transaction by transaction, rumor by rumor," More
Who will be the next editor of 'The Wall Street Journal'? Not Alan Murray
He announced the move on Twitter just as his new employer, the Pew Research Center, put out a statement on his hiring. More
Phone hacking cost News Corp. $224 M; company crack-up on schedule
C.O.O. Chase Carey said the company was "targeting to make its initial regulatory filings around the end of the calendar year with operating details to follow." More
