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New York Times CEO exiting, without explanation

Paul Thomasch and Jennifer Saba Reuters 16.12.2011

Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slump in its share price.

News Corp sets up hotline for staff to report 'illegal activity' Ian Burrell The Independent 07.10.2011	UK tabloid paid spies for scoops RAPHAEL G. SATTER Yahoo! News 30.09.2011
Journalists at News International (NI) and other staff in Rupert Murdoch's media empire have been told to call a hotline to report suspicious colleagues in a fresh clampdown on corruption and other illegal activities.	No one suspected the secretary. Efficient, well-dressed and well-liked, Sue Harris was at the heart of the Sunday People, the smallest of Britain's weekly tabloids. She booked flights, reserved accommodation, and tallied expenses for the populist paper's dozen or so full-time reporters. These journalists implicitly trusted the petite, 40-something south Londoner who'd spent most if not all of her working life at the tabloid. Maybe they shouldn't have.
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Microsoft, Red Cross and UN sucked into global news fixing row Ian Burrell The Independent 29.09.2011	Saudi tycoon to launch news channel in 2012 Breitbart.com 14.09.2011
Microsoft has been sucked into the row surrounding a London-based media company currently under investigation by broadcasters for making editorial programmes without declaring it had a commercial relationship with some of those it featured.	Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on Tuesday announced plans to launch a pan-Arab news channel in 2012, saying the television network will promote freedom of speech.
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Rupert Murdoch endorses Chase Carey as next in line for News Corp. CEO Yinka Adegoke Reuters 11.08.2011	Elisabeth Murdoch Won't Join News Corp. Board JESSICA E. VASCELLARO And DANA CIMILLUCA The Wall Street Journal 06.08.2011
Rupert Murdoch acknowledged publicly for the first time that his son James is not the preferred choice to succeed him as News Corp. CEO, at least in the near-term.	News Corp. and Elisabeth Murdoch have shelved plans for her to join the board of the media giant for now, as the company attempts to defuse shareholder concerns about its corporate governance.
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News International's chief executive Rebekah Brooks and The Wall Street Journal publisher Les Hinton quit over phone hacking scandal John F. Burns and Alan Cowell The Boston Globe 16.07.2011	Rupert Murdoch considers 'selling' ALL UK papers Express.co.uk 15.07.2011
The crisis rattling Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire claimed the two highest-level executives yet yesterday after days of mounting pressure from politicians and investors on two continents.	THE possibility of selling off News International altogether was under discussion yesterday as Rupert Murdoch met his inner circle.
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