World Business Briefing: Britain: Reuters Names Editor in Chief
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The news and financial information provider Reuters Group said it had appointed David Schlesinger, left, to be its new editor in chief, succeeding Geert Linnebank, who will become a senior adviser to the companyâs chief executive. Mr. Schlesinger, who joined Reuters in 1987 as a correspondent in Hong Kong, has been global managing editor and head of editorial operations since 2003. He will take over in January. Reuters said that Mr. Linnebank would advise the chief executive, Thomas H. Glocer, on a range of news and content-related areas, including Reutersâ joint ventures in India, and other international strategic opportunities for the company.
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Weekly newsmagazine Newsweek on  Tuesday named Jon Meacham as editor, replacing outgoing editor  Mark Whitaker, who joins corporate parent Washington Post Co..  as an executive in its online operations.
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An editorial board overseeing the Wall Street Journal under a Rupert Murdoch ownership would have five members jointly chosen by Murdoch's News Corp.  and the Journal's parent company, Dow Jones.
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Media & professional: Wall Street Journal's publisher takes control of negotiations over possible sale to Rupert Murdoch.
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Priscilla Painton, most recently the deputy managing editor of Time Magazine, has been named editor in chief of  Simon & Schusterâs adult trade imprint.
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A tentative deal between News Corp. and Dow Jones & Co. Inc. would give an independent board the power to approve the hiring and firing of top editors at The Wall Street Journal selected by News Corp., three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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The Wall Street Journal, whose parent  Dow Jones & Co. is the target of a $5 billion takeover offer by  News Corp., is set to shake up its newsroom by reassigning and  replacing several top editors, the New York Times reported on  its Web site.
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Reuters, the UK-based global information company for financial services, media and corporate markets, formally opened its new data centre in Bangalore on Thursday.
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One of the most successful editors in the history of Fleet Street is teaming up with the Belfast Telegraph to bid for the new Northern Ireland radio licence.
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Untainted by Royal phone-tap resignation The Conservatives have appointed former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, who resigned after his paper was embroiled in a royal phone-tapping scandal, as its new director of communications.â¦
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Computerworld has named Mitch Betts as its new executive editor and hired Martha Connors for the newly created job of vice president and general manager for the company's online business.
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THE England and Wales Cricket Board this afternoon named David Collier as its new chief executive. Collier held the same position at Nottingham-shire and is already a member of the ECB management board.
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Jon Meacham, who began racing up the corporate ladder almost as soon as he joined Newsweek, was named the magazine's editor yesterday after nearly eight years in its No. 2 spot.
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Â· Change of strategy after spokeswoman resignsÂ· Couple consult former News of the World editor
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Global news and information provider Reuters Group Plc  said on Tuesday it had experienced a power outage in London that disrupted service to an unspecified number of products and customers worldwide.
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The owners of the Spectator Magazine appoint Andrew Neil as chief executive, but Boris Johnson is to remain as editor, the BBC learns.
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Chicago Sun-Times editor-in-chief Michael Cooke will head to the New York Daily News tabloid to become its top editor in February, a Daily News spokeswoman said on Thursday.