News Corp split to hit papers more

With the announcement that News Corporation will be split in two, employees at the company’s many print papers are facing a new reality: T0hey are now in the newspaper business.

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For years, the success of News Corporation’s lucrative cable and entertainment assets formed a buffer between its print properties and the downturn in the newspaper industry. Now, many journalists at those newspapers worry about what will happen as they become part of a much smaller company, grouped with HarperCollins and News Corporation’s education assets.