Mediagazer: New York Times Seeks Buyouts From 30 in Newsroom (Christine Haughney/Media Decoder)

9:45 AM ET, December 3, 2012

Top News:

News Corp Is Shutting Down iPad-Only Newspaper The Daily — The latest News Corp press release says that the Daily, its standalone daily iPad newspaper, will “cease standalone publication”. — The newspaper had a high profile launch in February 2011, but had apparently struggled to pay its way …

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Guardian:

Tom Mockridge's resignation email to News International staff — Chief executive's message to company personnel following formal announcement by Rupert Murdoch — First, I apologise that this message comes to you after the formal announcement by Rupert Murdoch late last night of my resignation …

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

News Corp to split as top executive Tom Mockridge goes — News Corporation's most senior executive in Britain is to leave the company, as the media behemoth controlled by Rupert Murdoch accelerates plans to split into two, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. — Tom Mockridge …

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George Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

News Corp.'s Entertainment Business to Be Called Fox Group After Company Split — Dow Jones editor-in-chief Robert Thomson will become the CEO of the new publishing company, while Chase Carey's and James Murdoch's roles at Fox Group will remain unchanged. — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp …

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Gerard Baker Named Wall Street Journal Editor; Robert Thomson CEO Of News Corp. Publishing Company — News Corp. made a dizzying series of high-level personnel changes on Monday, naming a new editor at the Wall Street Journal and officially making current editor Robert Thomson the CEO …

David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:

The Daily Staffers To Meet At 11 AM, 6 PM To Discuss Details Of Closure — Below is the full memo from Angelo and Clayman, obtained by TPM:

Guardian:

BSkyB's Mike Darcey appointed News International chief — Tom Mockridge to be replaced by BSkyB's No 2 in part of a wide-ranging corporate announcement — BSkyB's No 2 is to become chief executive of News International, replacing Tom Mockridge who confirmed his resignation from running …

Discussion: Media Week and The Wrap

A Edgecliffe-Johnson / @edgecliffe:

Jesse Angelo becomes publisher of the NY Post. The Daily ceases publication.

Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:

New York Times Seeks Buyouts From 30 in Newsroom — Aiming to cut costs in an increasingly troubled advertising environment, The New York Times announced on Monday morning that it would offer buyout packages to newsroom employees. While the primary goal of the buyout program …

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David Carr / New York Times:

A Stalwart of Time Inc. Packs Up — In the decade I've covered John Huey, I'd never once been to his magisterial office on the 34th floor of the Time & Life building. It is large and imposing in a way its occupant is not, an unlikely landing spot for an old newspaper hack.

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Anna Heim / The Next Web:

Pocket partners with Matter, brings deep journalism to its read-it-later platform — Read-it-later platform Pocket has closed its first publisher partnership with Kickstarter-funded media outlet Matter, the company announced today in a blog post. — Following the agreement …

Discussion: TechCrunch, paidContent and Pocket Blog

Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The newsonomics of going deeper — The news industry appears to be having another one of its Admiral Stockdale moments. Who am I? Why am I here? — From Columbia's “Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present” report ("A new Columbia report examines the disrupted news universe" …