Les Hinton, who has spent his career at News Corp.'s newspapers, will become CEO of Dow Jones next week, following a vote of the company's shareholders on Dec. 13. Hinton currently oversees News Corp.'s papers in the United Kingdom, including The Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Sun, and News of the World.

Murdoch's takeover of Dow Jones triggered several other executive changes, including the departures of Dow Jones CEO Richard Zannino, Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz and general counsel Joseph Stern.

Murdoch's son [James Murdoch], meanwhile, was appointed to a new role overseeing News Corp.'s media businesses in Europe and Asia, which include the U.K. newspaper group and two satellite TV operators, Sky Italia and the Hong Kong-based Star Group.