NEWS CORP & MIRROR GROUP

NEWS CORP SUBSIDIARIES News UK

Fox News company

News America Marketing

Star India

Fox Entertainment Group

Sky Italia

Fox 21 Television

Fox Sport

Sun (motorcycle)

NEWS CORP STRUCTUREThere is only one person in charge of the News Corp company who is Rupert Murdoch and he is the Executive chairman. His son Lachlan Murdoch is the co-chairman. He is the founder of News Corp. The company is a publicly traded company meaning that there are several investors in the Company like Robert James Thomson.

Rupert Murdoch Rupert James Thomson

MIRROR GROUP SUBSIDIARIES & NEWSPAPERS Local world

Daily Mirror

Sunday Mirror

Daily Record/Sunday Mail

Western Mail

The People

The New Day

MIRROR GROUP/TRINITY MIRROR STRUCTUREThere are 8 people that control the distribution of Trinity Mirror. The people in charge are Simon Fox (Chief Executive), Vijay Vaghela (Group Finiacal Director), David Grigson (Chairman) then Lee Ginsberg, Helen Stevenson, Dr David Kelly, Steve Hatch and Olivia Stetfeild are all non-executive directors.

Simon Fox Vijay Vaghela David Grigson Lee Ginsberg

Helen Stevenson Dr David Kelly Steve Hatch Olivia Streatfeild

Pros and cons of having one company delivering the news via different methods

PROS CONS• A company is able to target a larger range

of audiences if they have different ways of distributing their news.

• Different news outlets have different ways on distributing their news e.g. The Sun compared to the Times.

• Everyone is able to access the news in the different ways ( Television, Radio, Online and Print )

• The news that is put online can be Breaking News which is a great way of getting the news out there quickly.

• There is always the same views, Could be biased with the views on the news ( left wing, right wing )

• When the News is received through Radio, Television and Newspaper its not breaking news.

• Because it’s the same company it can be the same sort of news which can become repetitive

• News can be restricted because of the kind of content that company releases