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News Corp's job cuts cast a shadow over the future of its newspapers

News Corporation is cutting its staff by 5% globally, including in Australia, after its news media division recorded a second-quarter earnings decline of 47%. The decision inevitably reopens questions about the future of the company’s newspapers, particularly once Rupert Murdoch is gone.

The Conversation

News Corp cuts driven by Murdoch’s mission to prop up news assets

Weeks after Fox merger scrapped, investors say market value languishing because of underperforming businesses in portfolio

The Guardian - UK

News Corp job cuts: Rupert Murdoch’s Australian newspapers to axe one in 20 staff

Announcement comes after Rupert Murdoch’s global company posted 47% decline in quarterly earnings in news media

The Guardian - AU

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Jordan Peterson and InfoWars: US right-wing jump on Scotland's trans rights debate

THE case of transgender prisoner Isla Bryson has dominated Scottish headlines, with numerous American right-wing agitators and publications picking…

The National (Scotland)

‘A newspaperman to his fingertips’: late Observer editor Donald Trelford remembered

Colleagues recall the former editor, who died last week – a consummate journalist who carried the flame of liberalism in an uncertain age

The Guardian - UK

The Everyman's creative director 'jacked in a Cambridge law degree' to make theatre that matters

"I should by rights be a millionaire by now and I was brought up on benefits - this has to matter."

Liverpool Echo

Rupert Murdoch abandons News Corp.-Fox merger after investors push back

Rupert Murdoch has abandoned his bid to reunite the two halves of his media empire.

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Murdoch pulls plug on possible merger of News Corp., Fox

Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on a proposal to merge his News Corp. and Fox Corp. In statements Tuesday, the companies said their boards received letters from Murdoch withdrawing the plan

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Inflation may have peaked at 7.8%; new PM in NZ; and South Australians eating endangered flake

Economists say the RBA will likely continue to hike rates in the short term despite inflation reaching peak

The Guardian - AU

Rupert Murdoch's Fox and News Corp. merger falls apart

Murdoch indicated that the combination was "not optimal at this time," according to a press release from News Corp.

Fortune

Rupert Murdoch to appear in court over $1.6bn claims Fox peddled Donald Trump 2020 ‘stolen US election’ lies

Fox has argued that it had the right to report the claims of Donald Trump

Evening Standard

Fox News contributor says network wants to move past Trump

Former president’s relationship with network has been fraying for years

The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch spotted in Barbados with new girlfriend Ann-Lesley Smith

New relationship comes months after media mogul’s abrupt divorce from actor and supermodel Jerry Hall

The Independent UK

Battle for succession in house of Dior: siblings jostle to seize family crown

The world’s richest man, Bernard Arnault, is choosing which of his children will lead his $418bn conglomorate. Cue gold-plated intrigue and drama …

The Guardian - UK

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Financial Times

The Murdoch family trust: how the scions could battle for control

The proposed Fox-News Corp merger could portend a realignment of the interests of Rupert Murdoch’s children

Daily Mirror

Family call for new search after woman mistaken for Rupert Murdoch's wife murdered

Muriel McKay, 55, died following a bungled kidnap plot by two brothers who mistook her for the wife of Rupert Murdoch - with Nizamodeen and Arthur Hosein, then 22 and 34, jailed for life

Al Jazeera

Media mogul Mike Bloomberg looks to buy WSJ or WaPo: Report

A merger would create a financial data and news giant, further firming up the world’s 12th-richest man’s stronghold.

Axios

Exclusive: Bloomberg eyes WSJ-parent Dow Jones, WaPo

The combination of Bloomberg and Dow Jones would create an unparalleled business news behemoth.

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Salon

Why Trump will lose in 2024: He's boring

For the first season (and a half), Trump made a compelling, charismatic TV character. But the shtick has worn thin

ABC News

Lachlan Murdoch seeks to sue more Crikey figures over January 6 insurrection article

Media boss Lachlan Murdoch is seeking to sue more senior figures of news outlet Crikey's publisher, claiming they played a "highly-active role" in defaming him.

Tribune News Service

Big Tech divided and conquered to block key bipartisan bills

A passionate and bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the country’s largest technology companies collapsed this week, the victim of an epic lobbying campaign by Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta.

The Guardian - UK

Press watchdog ducks Murdoch dinner date after deluge of Clarkson complaints

Exclusive: Ipso head declines private invite after receiving 12,000 complaints about Jeremy Clarkson Sun column attacking Meghan

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss rushed to meet Rupert Murdoch firm CEO within weeks of becoming PM

LIZ Truss’s first external meeting as prime minister was with the head of Rupert Murdoch’s publishing firm which owns The Times and The Sun, new…

The Guardian - US

Is Dominion’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit a death blow for Murdoch and Fox News?

The media mogul and Fox Corp are being sued for allegedly broadcasting ‘lies’ about the voting machine company

The Guardian - AU

Lachlan Murdoch’s whirlwind week: from US court testimony to Sydney Christmas party as elites rub shoulders

Global head of News Corp among Murdoch’s guests. Plus: Toni Collette reveals split with husband after Daily Mail photos

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