Now that The Daily is being put out of its low-readership misery, one question is whether Richard Johnson will be let out of the witness protection program? “I’ll now be working for the New York Post, and will again have some readers,” Johnson answered me. Asked if he’s staying in LA or moving back to NY, Johnson…

Buried inside that News Corp press release is the announcement that its little-read and even less talked about The Daily has formally failed. The iPad-only paper launched by Rupert Murdoch with much fanfare in February 2011 and then made many layoffs this summer claiming the firings would make the “business stronger&#8221…

News Corp. has confirmed that Dow Jones editor-in-chief and Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson will become CEO of its publishing division once the conglomerate is split into two distinct entities. Rupert Murdoch‘s company has also unveiled names for the two businesses: The publishing arm will retain…

The news is not surprising since he’d been unhappy at the company for some time and had been a leading candidate for the Yahoo CEO job. “While my time spent has been productive, it feels like the right time to exit,” Jon Miller said in a statement. “I look forward to pursuing new ventures that will lead me back into…

Last summer, Glee star Jane Lynch appeared at a tech conference held by the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital. Acting as “temporary head honcho of News Corp,” she described changes she’d be implementing at the company. The first was closing iPad publication The Daily. "Never heard of it, never seen it, so…