Rebekah Brooks says it ‘is a privilege’ to be back at News UK

Chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s UK publishing business acknowledges Sun colleagues are still facing trial over alleged corrupt payments for storiesRebekah Brooks has described how good she feels to be back running Rupert Murdoch’s British publishing operation on her first day after being reinstated as chief executive of News UK.In an email to staff, she said she felt it was a privilege to be back after an absence of four years but added her thoughts were with those who still face a trial over alleged corrupt payments for stories for the Sun, which she once edited. Related: Rebekah Brooks' return confirmed as Tony Gallagher is named Sun editor Related: Return of Rebekah Brooks is 'two fingers up to British public' – shadow minister Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Breaking News by Alan Rusbridger review – the remaking of journalism and why it matters now

The former Guardian editor details a revolution in journalism. Can it still perform its vital, truth-telling role?Truth is a small word liable to sanctimonious overuse and philosophical dispute, but in its humblest sense of accurate and verifiable information we like to think we know it when we... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp wants limits on ABC to prevent 'advantaged' competition

Rupert Murdoch’s Australian arm tells government inquiry there is ‘a lack of a level playing field’ for online newsNews Corp Australia has called on the government to review the charters of the ABC and SBS and to restrict the public broadcasters from unfairly competing with its newspapers,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News UK donates £25k to NLT

News UK has donated £25,000 to the National Literacy Trust (NLT) as well as three other charities. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Major' book on Sky and Murdoch's empire to Bloomsbury Business

Bloomsbury Business has signed a new book about Sky and Rupert Murdoch's empire in a "major" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Firm behind 'piegate' scandal set to pull out of Sun Bets venture

Software outfit Tabcorp has said it wants to exit partnership with News UK gambling siteThe company behind Sun Bets – an online gambling partnership with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK publishing group – is to pull out of the venture less than two years after the brand was widely pilloried over the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Publisher Foresaw an Internet of Fiction Mixed With Fact

Facebook has had some bumpy years. Critics, especially Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, have no intention of letting the crisis go to waste. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News UK to advertisers: Run your Facebook ads on our sites

"Facebook is aggressively turning the dial against [brands and publishers]." The post News UK to advertisers: Run your Facebook ads on our sites appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch to Facebook, Google: Pay for news

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch — the executive chairman of News Corporation, and the big boss at Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal — has a message to Silicon Valley's social media giants: Pay up. Murdoch's specific targets Monday were Facebook and Alphabet's Google, two... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch wants Facebook to pay 'trusted' publishers for content

Facebook has plans to tweak its News Feed to include more posts from friends and family and less from news publishers in an attempt to fix some of the platform's problems. Now news magnate Rupert Murdoch thinks that the social network should adopt a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch Wants Facebook to Pay Publishers a Fee for ‘Trusted’ News Content

News Corp. executive chairman and 21st Century Fox executive co-chairman Rupert Murdoch is taking on Silicon Valley. The media mogul released a statement today noting that if Facebook is going to revamp its news feed to ensure it's publishing the most legitimate, "trusted" news content on its... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook should pay 'trusted' news outlets, Rupert Murdoch says

Rupert Murdoch, the media billionaire who controls the Wall Street Journal, called on Facebook Inc. to begin paying publishers fees to carry the news that its users post and share online. His move is a sign of the print industry’s growing frustration with social media. “If Facebook wants to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fire and Fury pipped to No 1 in UK book charts by Lose Weight for Good

Booksellers hail strong sales for Donald Trump exposé, but Tom Kerridge’s diet book sets the most British tills ringingAlmost 60,000 print copies of Michael Wolff’s Donald Trump exposé Fire and Fury were sold in the UK last week, but the British public’s New Year’s resolutions meant the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Abuse of the marketplace': Rupert Murdoch lashes out against tech companies

Rupert Murdoch has stepped up his attack on tech companies such as Google and Facebook over their increasingly dominant market position, which is eating into the revenues of traditional publishers such as News Corp. and undermining their business model. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Good Immigrant's editor plans new journal and agency for writers of colour

Nikesh Shukla and literary agent Julia Kingsford have launched Kickstarter appeal to fund The Good Journal, with further plans for an affiliated agencyAfter selling more than 50,000 copies and being named the British public’s favourite book of 2016, the success of anthology The Good Immigrant... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Right hand man' pens 'thoroughly revealing portrait' of Murdoch

Scribe UK is to publish The Bootle Boy: An Untidy Life in News by Les Hinton, Rupert Murdoch’s right-hand man for over five decades. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ofcom has concerns about Murdoch power in UK if Sky bid allowed

Regulator’s reports conclude Murdochs are ‘fit and proper’ but allegations of harassment at Fox are ‘extremely serious and disturbing’Ofcom has published two in-depth reports on 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky which demonstrate why it has concerns about the Murdochs’ influence on UK... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Press gang up on Jeremy Corbyn in election day coverage

The Sun indulges its penchant for groan-inducing puns, the Mail pours scorn on Labour, and the Economist is a lone Lib Dem voice among the nationalsElection coverage 2017 – latest updatesThe Sun has urged its readers not to “chuck Britain in the Cor-bin” on its final front page before the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp sales exec on the duopoly: ‘That threat is not going away’

News UK's chief commercial director, Dominic Carter, believes there is threat and opportunity in equal measure from the Facebook-Google duopoly for publishers. The post News Corp sales exec on the duopoly: ‘That threat is not going away’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Good Immigrant crowned Britain's favourite book of 2016

The Good Immigrant has been voted as the British public’s favourite book of 2016 at the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK and US publishers agree: Video is where the money is

The majority of U.K. publishers receive a third of their traffic from third-party sites like Facebook and Google, according to an AOL report. This figure has surprised some publishers for being low. News UK's Hamish White believes publishers are either "underplaying their figures" because they... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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