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A look at how News Corp. will divide its assets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

By By The Associated Press News Corp. has announced that it plans to split into two separate, publicly traded companies, one for its publishing business and the other for its entertainment operations. Here's a look at some of the businesses that will be housed within each company: -

News Corp.'s new media co. to be named Fox Group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

NEW YORK (AP) - News Corp. said Monday that its new publishing company will keep the News Corp. name, while its separate media and entertainment company will be renamed Fox Group. The conglomerate announced plans this summer to split into two public companies, one for its newspaper and book

News Corp.'s new media co. to be named Fox Group

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

News Corp Int'l news chief to step down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

LONDON (AP) - Tom Mockridge, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers who was parachuted in to steady an organization swamped in scandal, is leaving the company at the end of the year. Mockridge was appointed CEO of News International in July 2011, following the resignation of

News Corp Int'l news chief to step down

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 3rd

NEW YORK (AP) - The head of media conglomerate News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper operations is stepping down. Tom Mockridge, who was CEO of News International since July 2011, will leave the company at year-end to pursue outside opportunities, the company said in a statement Sunday. Mockridge joined

Report: Editor to head News Corp. publishing co.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 1st

NEW YORK (AP) - Media conglomerate News Corp. is set to appoint Robert Thomson, a veteran journalist and the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, as the CEO of its new, as-yet-unnamed publishing company, according to a report in the Journal. The paper cited unnamed "people familiar with the

Fiscal cliff warning sends stock market lower

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By The Associated Press Stocks are moving lower at midday as Washington lawmakers and business groups bickered over the proper rates for taxing and spending. In Europe, leaders tried to cobble together another bailout loan for Greece. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 99 points at 12,

Some states preserve penmanship despite tech gains

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By CHRISTINA HOAGAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating cursive from elementary school curriculums or making it optional

UN criticizes Russia over torture allegations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Committee Against Torture strongly criticized Russia in a report for failing to investigate widespread allegations of torture and stepping up intimidation and reprisals against human rights advocates and journalists. The panel

Publisher shuts Financial Times' German offshoot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

BERLIN (AP) - The publisher of the Financial Times' German offshoot says production will be stopped shortly and some 320 employees will lose their jobs. The Financial Times Deutschland, which has a circulation of about 100,000, was launched at the height of the Internet boom in 2000 but was