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Mock-ups of the California Post. (Courtesy images, Graphic by The Desk)

New York Post to launch West Coast edition California Post

The New York Post Media Group will launch a new Los Angeles-based daily newspaper called The California Post in early 2026.

The headquarters of Foxtel in Victoria, Australia. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

News Corp agrees to sell Foxtel to DAZN

News Corp has agreed to sell a majority stake of its pay television business Foxtel to international sports media juggernaut DAZN.

The headquarters of Foxtel in Victoria, Australia. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

News Corp weighs sale of pay TV business Foxtel

News Corp is weighing an offer to sell its 65 percent controlling stake in Australian broadcaster and pay TV platform Foxtel.

The logo of NewsCorp's general affairs and political news channel Talk TV. (Still frame via broadcast)

Talk TV to go off-air in UK, will transition to online-only channel

The move was announced weeks after its flagship prime-time host Piers Morgan departed for YouTube.

Rupert Murdoch stepping down as co-executive chairman of Fox

Rupert Murdoch will take on the role of chairman emeritus in November, his companies News Corp and Fox announced on Thursday.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes appears at a Department of Defense event in 2013. (Photo by Glenn Fawcett)

Judge says Elizabeth Holmes must pay Rupert Murdoch $125 million

The payment is part of a broader $452 million restitution order connected to a criminal fraud case involving the startup Theranos.

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