News Corp Australia CEO Kim Williams steps down

[izabsmiling]

News Corp Australia chief executive Kim Williams has resigned his post after less than two years at the helm, the company has announced.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-09/kim-williams-resigns-news-corp/4875670

Meanwhile media analysts say they are not surprised by the announcement.

Margaret Simons, director of Melbourne University's centre for advancing journalism, said Mr Williams' job security came into question when News Corp editor Col Allan returned from the US last month.

"When I heard that Col Allan, an old News Corporation man, was returning to Australia in order to, I think the wording was something like 'work with Williams on strengthening news coverage', I didn't think the signs were very good for Kim Williams," she said.

Dr Simons also said the move suggested a cultural shift within Rupert Murdoch's media empire, with traditional newspaper executives taking key roles.

"There was a cultural battle going on within the company and obviously this is one of the outcomes," she said

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is that 'Kick this mob out" Col Allan ?

[lakeland27]

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@debra9275 wrote:
Good on him for leaving with his ethics intact

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thats taking it a few steps too far debra , he never showed much sign of having any apart from this.

[newstart2380]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

NS, I don't care if our MP's/PM's do or don't have those particular appendages .

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Who was talking about appendiges izi ? mind above the umbilicis please  I was talking about balls, you know the bouncy kind.

[izabsmiling]

OK, I see NS...like my Father's  Pickering criketing calendar of 1977ish  .Dennis Lily takes another ball.

[newstart2380]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

OK, I see NS...like my Father's  Pickering criketing calendar of 1977ish  .Dennis Lily takes another ball.

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Don't know as I have not seen that calendar

[izabsmiling]

I haven't seen it since I was a child .I've never forgotten it .

[newstart2380]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

I haven't seen it since I was a child .I've never forgotten it .

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Is it to rude to post ?

[freakiness]

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

NS, I don't care if our MP's/PM's do or don't have those particular appendages .

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Who was talking about appendiges izi ? mind above the umbilicis please  I was talking about balls, you know the bouncy kind.

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Why would he carry them in his budgie smugglers?

[i-need-a-martini]

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

That is the whole problem... newspapers shouldn't be promoting one 'side' only in political reporting.

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You may be right but "that's life" and I guess that's why we live in a democracy, they have their own agends same as Labor but the NLP is fortunate to have them on its side.

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Not that's not "life".

That's actually called propaganda.

[para-sights]

Abbott, if he does get in, will resign himself to being Murdoch's constant lickspittle to keep Rupert's media beast from turning on him. So now I guess it all comes down to who to vote for in September - Rudd or Murdoch...

[nero_bolt]

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@para-sights wrote:

Abbott, if he does get in, will resign himself to being Murdoch's constant lickspittle to keep Rupert's media beast from turning on him. So now I guess it all comes down to who to vote for in September - Rudd or Murdoch...

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This thread is so full of hate and bitterness, not unexpected but it is scary to see how much hatred (blinding hatred in many cases) and bitterness many posters on here harbour and carry......