Robert Thomson, currently editor in chief of Dow Jones and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, will become CEO of the new News Corp.

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We have had candid, useful meetings with Robert Thomson, the editor, and other key editors, with the general counsel and the acting publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

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"Public education is paid for by the public, used by the public and of crucial public concern, so these data should be made public, " said the Journal's editor in chief, Robert Thomson.

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Although the details of her case provoked much horror and sorrow in 1968, there was little of the media-stoked outrage that accompanied the case of Robert Thomson and John Venables, two children from Liverpool, who also killed a smaller child, James Bulger, in 1993.

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Baker, whose predecessor, Robert Thomson, is becoming CEO of the publishing entity that will be formed when News Corp. splits into two next year, just announced a slew of promotions meant to further the goal of integrating the WSJ and Dow Jones news operations.

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"We have seen a large increase in our Times Online readership in the U.S., and the appearance of the newspaper on the streets of New York marks the next stage in our print and web expansion, " Times Editor Robert Thomson was quoted as saying in a media report.

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