Are News Corp's PR Changes and Rupert Murdoch's Recent Gaffes Related?

Earlier this week, we reported that News Corporation chief marketer Gary Ginsberg, who also has a crisis communications background, will be leaving the company. In the last two weeks, News Corporation’s CEO, Rupert Murdoch, has been involved in several “PR gaffes.”

Last Monday, in an interview with Sky News Australia, Murdoch said Fox News anchor Glenn Beck, “was right” when he called Pres. Obama a racist.

Then, last Thursday News Corp. COO Chase Carey was asked what he thought about Murdoch’s comments on pulling Wall Street Journal content from Google’s index.

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