BSkyB's Darcey to run Murdoch UK papers News Corp has announced that Mike Darcey, chief operating officer at satellite broadcaster BSkyB, is to become the next chief executive of News International, Rupert Murdoch's UK publishing division, following revelations that Tom Mockridge is leaving at the end of the year. The group also announced that it was to cease publication of the Daily, its iPad only newspaper launched in 2011. Jesse Angelo, founding editor-in-chief of the Daily and also long-time executive editor of the New York Post, would assume the role of publisher of the New York Post, effective immediately, it said. Mr Mockridge resigned unexpectedly as chief executive of the UK newspaper arm after being passed over for the chief executive position at the publishing company that News Corp is expected to spin off next year. The Daily brand would live on in some other channels, the company said, with some staff folded into the New York Post. The appointment comes as News Corp confirmed that Robert Thomson, the current managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, will take over as chief executive of this new publishing company, which will retain the name News Corp. The separate media and entertainment group will be named Fox Group. Gerard Baker, currently deputy managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, becomes managing editor of the business newspaper as well as editor-in-chief of Dow Jones Newswires, succeeding Mr Thomson. Mr Mockridge, a New Zealander, started in News Corp's Australian newspapers and ran its Sky Italia pay-television business before being sent to stabilise News International's London headquarters at Wapping after the phone hacking scandal swept out his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks. Mr Darcey, another New Zealander, was appointed chief operating officer of Sky in November 2006 and brings with him digital expertise that will prove valuable as newspapers in the News International stable, including the Times and Sunday Times, look to grow their digital subscribers. At Sky, Mr Darcey is in charge of product development across all platforms at the satellite broadcaster including TV and online advertising sales. But the exit of Mr Mockridge robs Mr Murdoch of another senior executive after 18 months of high turnover in its top ranks, precipitated by the UK scandals. News Corp is trying to put together two executive and non-executive teams for the entertainment and publishing companies that will emerge from its planned split. In an email to News International staff on Monday, Mr Mockridge said he was leaving because "the new structure does not offer me a role I am comfortable with and, after 22 years with the company in five countries, I feel I have made enough of a contribution to make a personal choice to go." One of the key challenges for his successor, he said, was to position News International as a business that is "economically indifferent as to whether customers buy print or digital." Since his appointment in July 2011, Mr Mockridge has been credited with stabilising a business in turmoil, building a new senior team and developing new revenue streams such as digital subscriptions. This new company will incorporate News Corp's Australian TV and digital interests as well as its US, UK and Australian newspapers and the HarperCollins book publishing business.