Murdoch partners with ex-Disney executive on new Indian venture
Six months after leaving News Corp, James Murdoch is teaming up with ex-Disney Asia Pacific chief Uday Shankar to launch a new media and tech venture in India. The new venture is yet to be named and is backed by Murdoch’s Lupa Systems. As per him, the venture will “tap into an explosion in connectivity […]
Fox News plans to launch own imprint through HarperCollins
Fox News hosts and anchors have long leveraged their roles to write best-selling books. Now, the company is launching its own book label through News Corp.’s HarperCollins. A three-book deal has been signed with the publisher, with the first book, “Modern Warriors: Real Stories From Real Heroes” written by “Fox & Friends Weekend” host Pete […]
James Murdoch resigns from News Corp. board
James Murdoch, once considered a potential successor to Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from the board of the newspaper publisher News Corp., reports The New York Times. He says: “My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.” Previously, Murdoch had already left Fox […]
News Corp set to launch more than 50 digital-only titles in Australia
After ceasing publication of more than 100 regional and community titles and moving them to digital-only, News Corp is now planning on launching more than 50 new digital-only regional titles across Australia. The first 15 titles are expected to launch in September while the rest will debut across a three-year plan. News editor for the […]
News Corp., ABC to slash more jobs as part of restructuring
News Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will be cutting under 100 jobs across several of its mastheads, including The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and The Australian. The redundancies at New Corp. put greater focus on the company’s plan to “go-digital” as it also announced two weeks ago that it would cease publication of […]
News Corp. Australia to slash jobs as it shifts focus to digital
News Corp. Australia is planning on axing between 500 and 1000 jobs across its divisions amid plans for restructuring and cutting costs while consolidating its editorial and commercial operations. As per reports, the company could announce the round of layoffs as early as Thursday. This will come as another blow to the media industry which […]
News Corp to launch news aggregation service to break free from tech platforms
News Corp. on Wednesday, unveiled an online news aggregation service, “Knewz,” which will include content from more than 400 sources in the US and globally, including notable names like Al-Jazeera, The Washington Post and Fox News. The application, which is currently being tested will be launched in order to break away from the tech platforms […]
News Corp. set to sell video advertising platform Unruly
According to Sky News, News Corp., owner of Dow Jones & Co., has negotiated a provisional deal with Tremor International, a London-listed ad technology company, to sell the advertising platform Unruly, which the company initially bought in 2015. The transaction is expected to be announced to the stock market and will see News Corp. selling […]
