4 posts and columns on Joel Klein

Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and Shaving Cream) Pie

in Media on July 19, 2011 at 6:36 am PT

News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch tells British lawmakers he is sorry on the “most humble day of my life”, survives a surprise attack and loses his jacket. Other than that, the hearing turned into a what didn’t the Murdochs know and when didn’t they know it Q&A session.
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Murdoch Selects His Team Carefully

in Media on July 18, 2011 at 9:58 pm PT

With two top executives departed and the political stakes of every move at an all-time high, News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has turned to an inner circle of advisers who share one trait: distance from the events now haunting the company.

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Schools Chancellor Klein to Join News Corp.

in News on November 9, 2010 at 3:23 pm PT

New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein is resigning to join News Corp., ending an eight-year reign at the helm of the nation’s largest school system. In his place, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce Cathie Black, chairwoman of Hearst Magazines.

MicroHoo: The Not-So-Bored Meeting!

in News on April 11, 2008 at 2:16 am PT

Yes, the board of Yahoo is meeting today to try to devise new and more dastardly ways of wringing more money out of Microsoft. For viewers just tuning in, so far this week on “As the Tiny-Incestuous-Petty-Juvenile-Digital World Turns,” Yahoo has been plenty busy: An AOL mashup deal! A Google search-ad partnership! Even–cue the trumpets!!!–the late entrance of that man-about-Silicon-Valley from Web 1.0, Frank Quattrone, working for Google, which is helping Yahoo on AOL (and, fun, snake-eating-itself fact: as a banker, Quattrone worked for Yahoo when it was contemplating buying eBay). This is so deliciously sweet, in terms of geek soap opera, that I fear I may get a major cavity soon.