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News Corp combines technology and digital teams naming Alisa Bowen CTO

Alisa Bowen

News Corp has promoted Alisa Bowen to chief technology officer as the company combines its technology and digital teams into one business unit.

The changes have seen chief technology officer Tom Quinn depart the company after 11 years, with the technology team he managed being combined with Bowen’s digital team.

Bowen was previously the group director of digital product and development, a role she has held for nearly three years.
The technology team are responsible for News Corp’s internal platforms while the digital development team are responsible for external platforms, such as websites, mobile sites and apps.

The announcement was made in an all-staff email issued by chief executive Peter Tonagh.

“We start the year with some important news. We have decided to combine our Technology and Digital teams into one business unit which will be responsible for ensuring our business is supported with the technology we need, and that we are ready to deliver the digital experiences our readers and customers expect,” Tonagh wrote to staff.

“By bringing the two teams together we will create a platform for stronger collaboration, and speed up decision making and product delivery.”

Previous to joining News Corp Bowen was the chief product officer at Dow Jones for nine months. Before that she was the general manager of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network for nearly two years.

Tonagh’s note in full:

Dear colleagues,

I hope you have had the opportunity to take a break and refresh over the Christmas period.

We start the year with some important news. We have decided to combine our Technology and Digital teams into one business unit which will be responsible for ensuring our business is supported with the technology we need, and that we are ready to deliver the digital experiences our readers and customers expect. By bringing the two teams together we will create a platform for stronger collaboration, and speed up decision making and product delivery.

I am delighted to announce that Alisa Bowen will lead the new combined team. Alisa’s new title will be chief technology officer.

Regrettably this means that Tom Quinn will be leaving News. Tom has been with News for more than 11 years and has led the technology team through a number of significant changes including the introduction of the IT shared service model and the Eidos Methode introduction into Editorial.

On behalf of everyone at News, I would like to thank Tom for his many important contributions to News. Please join me in wishing him all the best for the future.

Regards,

Peter

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