News Corp plans job cuts, misses estimates for earnings

To combat the slowdown, Thomson said there were a number of initiatives underway, including the job cuts. The layoffs will be made across all businesses and result in annual savings of at least $130 million.

The company said that in the third quarter it expects to see one-time costs related to the withdrawn Fox-News Corp proposal and its previously announced exploration of a sale of Move Inc, which operates the Realtor.com website, to CoStar Group. The Dow Jones division, which includes the WSJ, reported an 11% rise in revenues to $563 million in the quarter, with strong growth in its professional information business.

Subscriptions for the WSJ and Barron's Group approached 5 million for the first time. However, earnings were down 3% from a year ago, to $139 million.in the December quarter rose 4% thanks to a boost from the World Cup and the U.S. midterm election. Total revenue was $2.52 billion in the second quarter ended Dec. 31, while analysts on average expected $2.55 billion, according to Refinitiv data.Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru, Helen Coster in New York and Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Anil D'Silva, Anna Driver and Jamie Freed

Can they start with Tucker and Hannity?

If you cut Tucker and Laura Ingraham, you might not have to lay off anyone else. I’d throw Hannity in there, but no one listens to him any more

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