Dow Jones Asia head fired in latest purge at News Corp unit

The shake-up at Dow Jones & Company moved to Hong Kong yesterday after chief executive Lex Fenwick fired Christine Brendle, the firm's Asia-Pacific managing director and publisher at Wall Street Journal Asia.

Fenwick, former chief executive at Bloomberg, has swiftly revamped operations at Dow Jones, replacing several executives there, and ushering in his hand-picked managers and new recruits since joining the News Corp subsidiary in February.

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