Robert James Dell'Oro Thomson (born 11 March 1961) is an Australian journalist and the Chief Executive of News Corp, a role he assumed in January 2013. He is the former managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, a post he held since May 2008 News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch named Thomson as the paper's new managing editor, succeeding Marcus Brauchli. He is former editor of The Times newspaper in London.