Mediagazer: News Corp to split as top executive Tom Mockridge goes (Katherine Rushton/Telegraph)

11:20 AM ET, December 3, 2012

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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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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

2 major lessons from the demise of The Daily — The publisher of News Corp.'s The Daily said earlier this year that the iPad-only publication might need a few more years to be profitable. Today the company announced it won't get that chance. — Although it has been one of the most-popular …

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John Biggs / TechCrunch:

The Daily's Final Day: About 100 Employees In The Newsroom, Little Inkling Of Layoffs — I spoke to a person inside The Daily who held a $40,000 reporter position for the now shuttered “daily iPad newspaper.” While not completely blindsided, they had little inkling of what was going on inside …

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Why The Daily Failed — Trevor Butterworth, who wrote about tech and other matters for The Daily iPad publication, writes on his Facebook wall: … * The Daily to cease publication Dec. 15 (wsj.com)

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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo: The Daily Staffers To Meet At 11 AM, 6 PM To Discuss Details Of Closure

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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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

Guardian:
BSkyB's Mike Darcey appointed News International chief

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
News Corp to split as top executive Tom Mockridge goes

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:

30 More Buyouts Coming to the New York Times — The New York Times, like the rest of the newspaper industry, went through a painful series of buyouts after the 2008 financial collapse exacerbated the already ongoing collapse of the newspaper industry. In 2009, they cut 100 positions.

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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

These Numbers Show Why The New York Times Is Firing More Journalists — The New York Times announced another round of newsroom cost cuts this morning, with editor Jill Abramson seeking voluntary resignations from 30 senior editors. — If 30 editors don't accept the buyouts, the NYT will proceed to involuntary firings.

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Ken Auletta / New Yorker:

The Heiress — On Saturday, July 2, 2011, a high-society traffic jam descended on the cobblestoned town square of Burford, a village sixty-eight miles northwest of London, not far from the market town of Chipping Norton. Hundreds of chauffeured cars approached a gated stone wall …

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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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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Buzz Media Swaps Out CEO, Looks for More Money — Buzz Media, a pop culture Web publisher with dozens of sites, has a new CEO: President Stephen Hansen has taken the top spot, replacing Tyler Goldman, who moves up to executive chairman after six years. — The Los Angeles-based company …

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 …

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