Staff of UK paper closed by News Corps amid phone-hacking scandal offered job with Fox in SIBERIA

[Tx4obama]

NOTW staff offered new job – in Siberia

Staff at the News of the World, who may have thought they had hit rock bottom when their company told them their newspaper was "toxic" and closed it, have been shocked again by the offer of work... in Siberia.

A posting to the austere eastern Russian region, commonly associated with the Soviet gulags, to work as a "materials manager" for the Fox arm of Rupert Murdoch's sprawling News Corp empire, might sound more like punishment than a fresh start.

But it is one of around 200 jobs being offered to former members of the NotW team, including such positions as "application development consultant" in Bulgaria for Dow Jones.

Full article here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/notw-staff-offered-new-job-ndash-in-siberia-2327277.html

[aquart]

1. That must be going over well.

[Ken Burch]

2. a "materials manager"?

Does that mean running the warehouse or something?

Also...has Fox ever run stories from Siberia?

[jberryhill]

5. Salt miner /nt

[Skidmore]

3. Now if I were on that staff, I would be spilling my guts to the

proper authorities. Ole Rupert is a little Stalin.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Sounds more like a list of all current vacancies within the group

and the Independent has highlighted the odd ball onee.

It appears possible that the Sunday version of the Sun will be up early August and I'm guessing most will stay in Wapping.

[tanyev]

6. Do svidaniya!