News Corp. forms central mega newsroom
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is planning to set up a new, central editorial team to supply all of the group's media with news in future. It is still unclear how the concept will be implemented in practice.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is planning to set up a new, central editorial team to supply all of the group's media with news in future. It is still unclear how the concept will be implemented in practice.
As the German media service Meedia reported on Wednesday, Murdoch's News Corp, the parent company of media such as the Wall Street Journal, the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, the New York Post and the TV station Fox News, is setting up a gigantic newsroom. The new newsroom will be headed by John Moody, previously head of news at Fox News. News Corp. wants to become more efficient in news production, according to the announcement.
In addition, the TV station Fox News, the tabloid title The New York Post and the venerable London Times are also to be connected to the new news factory. Murdoch's group also includes the social network Myspace and various pay-TV stations such as BSkyB and Sky Italia as well as the book publisher Harper Collins.
The new head of news, Moody, said in a statement that it was still far too early to give examples of how the interaction between the different media could work. However, the obvious aim is to avoid duplication of work, make news production more efficient and therefore significantly cheaper.
As the German media service Meedia reported on Wednesday, Murdoch's News Corp, the parent company of media such as the Wall Street Journal, the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, the New York Post and the TV station Fox News, is setting up a gigantic newsroom. The new newsroom will be headed by John Moody, previously head of news at Fox News. News Corp. wants to become more efficient in news production, according to the announcement.
In addition, the TV station Fox News, the tabloid title The New York Post and the venerable London Times are also to be connected to the new news factory. Murdoch's group also includes the social network Myspace and various pay-TV stations such as BSkyB and Sky Italia as well as the book publisher Harper Collins.
The new head of news, Moody, said in a statement that it was still far too early to give examples of how the interaction between the different media could work. However, the obvious aim is to avoid duplication of work, make news production more efficient and therefore significantly cheaper.
