News Corp Prez Chernin to Quit in Summer

Carey will return to News Corp to replace Chernin at month's end

(NEWSER) - The CEO of DirecTV is Rupert Murdoch’s choice to be the new No. 2 at News Corp, execs tell the Wrap. Chase Carey will return to the company where he’s held numerous top posts to replace Peter Chernin, whose contract ends this month—though Carey would be vice-chairman, not president. “The deal is essentially done between him and News Corp,” said an insider. More»

MySpace co-founder denies rumors he's considering jumping ship

(NEWSER) - Rupert Murdoch is touting his own "contrarian" tendencies as what will see News Corp. through the current recession and the implosion of the print media business. “In the past, we have met downturns with vigor, often departing from the herd. We have emerged much stronger," he said in an internal memo aimed to calm anxieties over the departure of his top lieutenant, Peter Chernin, and fears that MySpace co-founders Chris De Wolfe and Tom Anderson will follow him out the door. More»

(NEWSER) - It won't surprise anyone that Rupert Murdoch managed to get his hands on an advance copy of Michael Wolff's upcoming biography of him, despite a strict embargo, or that he complained to the publisher over some of the contents. Murdoch gave Wolff more than 50 hours of interviews and access to everyone from his top execs to his 99-year-old mother, and he told them to be candid. The New York Times chronicles the ensuing brouhaha. More»

Andy Coulson detained in Scottish case with ties to phone hacking scandal

(AP) - The former top media adviser to UK Prime Minister David Cameron was detained today on suspicion of perjury in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker—the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers. Andy Coulson, 44, was detained by Scottish police at his home in London over an accusation related to a high-profile case at Glasgow's High Court, when politician Tommy Sheridan was himself convicted of offering a false account after he successfully sued the now-defunct News of the World tabloid over its claim that he was embroiled in a sex-and-drugs scandal. More»

Fallen News Corp exec to get Hollywood treatment

(NEWSER) - Rebekah Brooks, the woman who ran Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper unit and is now facing criminal charges in its phone-hacking scandal, is going Hollywood. But not exactly in a good way. A new studio called BiteSize Entertainment is developing a feature film about Brooks and her fall from power, says the Hollywood Reporter . More»