Wolff shown the door at Adweek

After weeks of speculation - reported here on 30 September - Michael Wolff has stepped down as editorial director of the US trade magazine Adweek. Wolff, best known in Britain for his biography of Rupert Murdoch, The man who owns the news , was appointed to the post barely a year ago. According to a New York Times report, Wolff was shown the door because of "his aggressive coverage in Adweek, and his interviews elsewhere, about the phone hacking scandal that has engulfed the News Corporation." Sources: Adweek / New York Times