Rupert Murdoch
Bloomberg asks why Murdoch's paper backs cycling in London but not here
Rupert Murdoch's Times of London has been a strong proponent of cycling there, precisely the oppose of Murdoch's stance here in New York City.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't understand why. More
A Republican-conducted poll concludes Ray Kelly 'can win'
Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway released a poll saying NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly could win the mayor's race, if he decided to run. More
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)Bloomberg on 'twittering': Why?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg today argued that Twitter's 140-character limit poses dangers. More
(1)Are regulatory battles, usually Rupert Murdoch's kind of fun, more trouble than 'The L.A. Times' is worth?
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More
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
(1)The Tumblring of Rupert Murdoch
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. 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
William McGurn, WSJ columnist and former speechwriter for Murdoch, Bush, is named 'Post' editorial-page editor
The new editorial page editor of the New York Post will be William McGurn, a vice president at News Corp., the company that owns the newspaper. 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
How confusing is the Independence Party? Just ask Rupert Murdoch
When Adolfo Carrion spoke at a recent event hosted by the Independence Party of New York City, he reminded them that he had officially left the Democratic Party and "declared my independence." 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
