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MUMBAI:
Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is ready for
a new whirl.
Post
the recent announcement of Peter Chernin's decision to step
down as president and CEO of News Corp. in June, company chairman
and chief executive officer Rupert Murdoch has restructured
the Los Angeles-based Fox businesses.
As
part of the plan, the Los Angeles-based creative production
divisions will be combined under a single unit, reporting
to Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman, co-chairmen of Fox Filmed
Entertainment.
Twentieth
Century Fox Television chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden
will report to Gianopulos and Rothman. Fox Television Studios
- president Emiliano Calemzuk will report to Newman and Walden.
On
the television network front, Fox Networks Group chairman
Tony Vinciquerra will continue to head the cable networks,
the business aspects of Fox Broadcasting and Fox International
Channels. He will also gain responsibility for Fox Broadcasting
programming.
Meanwhile,
Peter Liguori will be stepping down as Fox Broadcasting chairman
entertainment, with immediate effect. Peter Rice, Fox Searchlight
president, will exit his post at the specialty label, and
take on the role of Fox Broadcasting chairman entertainment,
reporting to Vinciquerra.
"Peter
Rice has championed films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Little
Miss Sunshine, and Juno during his tenure at Fox Searchlight.
As we increasingly look to apply unconventional approaches
to our traditional businesses, I'm convinced Rice is the right
person to transform our broadcast television business,"
said Murdoch.
With Rice's departure at Fox Searchlight, Nancy Utley and
Steve Gilula will jointly run the business, reporting to Gianopulos
and Rothman. Utley and Gilula, COOs of Fox Searchlight, will
assume full authority for the business.
Claudia
Lewis, production - president, remains in place.
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