News Corp. set many of the wheels in motion to spin off a separate publishing company sooner than previously expected, announcing this morning the new unit will keep the News Corp name while the entertainment division will go forward as The Fox Group. Robert Thomson will be ceo of the new publishing-focused News Corp., which will include HarperCollins, as of January 1. He has spent the past five years as Dow Jones editor-in-chief and managing editor of the Wall Street Journal. As previously announced, Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of the new News Corp. while also remaining ceo and chairman of […]