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News Corp Sets Jan. 26 Launch for The California Post

The News Corp venture positions a Post-style outlet to challenge legacy California media.

Overview

  • The seven-days-a-week publication will appear in print and online with web, app and social distribution plus home-delivery subscriptions.
  • Editors confirmed a Century City newsroom on the Fox studio lot to anchor reporting operations.
  • Editor-in-chief Nick Papps says coverage will focus on holding the powerful to account and centering working Californians.
  • A West Coast Page Six led by Ian Mohr will drive entertainment and gossip coverage alongside significant local sports reporting.
  • The launch is part of a broader News Corp expansion led by CEO Robert Thomson with Lachlan Murdoch in control and Rupert Murdoch still involved, according to The Hollywood Reporter.