Sarah Ellison of The Wall Street Journal reports Thursday that News Corp. executive Les Hinton will become the new CEO of Dow Jones & Co. in the wake of current CEO Richard Zannino‘s resignation, and Robert Thomson, currently the editor of The Times of London, will become The Journal’s publisher after Dow Jones is acquired by News Corp. next week.
Thomson will apparently replace current publisher Gordon Crovitz.
“Mr. Zannino’s resignation, which is expected to be the first of a series of executive departures from Dow Jones, highlights the dramatic change about to sweep through the company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Dow Jones Newswires. News Corp’s acquisition of the company, expected to be approved by Dow Jones shareholders at a meeting next Thursday, ends more than a century of control by the Bancroft family.
“Mr. Zannino had expressed a desire to stay at Dow Jones under News Corp’s ownership. What changed his mind isn’t clear although it’s likely that Mr. Murdoch didn’t offer him the role he wanted. News Corp. is expected to shortly name a new management team for Dow Jones. Among the executives expected to follow Mr. Zannino out the door are Dow Jones Chief Financial Officer Bill Plummer, while Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz will relinquish his title.”
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