Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns The New York Post, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The Daily News, are considering the unthinkable: cooperation.

Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns The New York Post, and Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The Daily News, are considering the unthinkable: cooperation.

Accounts differ on the timeline of events that led Jane Friedman, the chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, to unexpectedly announce her resignation on Wednesday.

Rupert Murdoch named Robert J. Thomson as the top editor of The Wall Street Journal, putting an experienced journalist in one of the most important roles in American news media.

Cablevision appeared likely to prevail in the bidding for the newspaper after the News Corporation pulled out.

The Off the Shelf column last Sunday, a review of “Rupert Murdoch’s China Adventures,” a book by Bruce Dover, referred incorrectly to Mr. Dover’s current employer, the Australia Network, where he is chief executive. It is part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, not the ABC-TV unit of Disney.

Cablevision appeared likely to prevail in the bidding for the Long Island newspaper after News Corporation pulled its $580 million bid.

Amid a sea of changes at Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, a slice-of-life cartoon that has been a mainstay of the editorial page has decamped to the Leisure & Arts section.

The phenomenal success of the News Corporation, of which Rupert Murdoch is chairman, owes a lot to his shaking up the business side of media properties — and to risk taking.

Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer B. Zuckerman have not signaled they would increase their bid for Newsday to match a higher offer from Cablevision.