Will SmartSource start offering more printable and digital coupons – and fewer, if any, printed coupon inserts or in-store coupon machines? Will Checkout 51 ever go receiptless, or expand into new categories?

We may find out soon, as the owner of those two brands, and others, is about to come under new management.

Nine months after announcing that it was exploring a potential sale of its News America Marketing division, News Corp has announced that it will indeed be selling the business, to private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners. Here’s the full Coupons in the News article.