Senior Appointments for News Corp. European Operations

LONDON/MILAN, June 10:
News Corporation has made several senior-level appointments for its European
television businesses, including that of former STAR executive Gary Davey as
COO.

News Corp Stations Europe
is a newly formed entity that includes SKY Italia and stakes in Premiere in
Germany and several free-to-air channels across the region.

As COO, Davey reports to
Tom Mockridge, News Corp.’s chief executive of European television. He rejoins
News Corp. after previously serving as chief executive of its Asian arm, STAR.
Prior to that he was deputy managing director at BSkyB.

In addition, Steve Tomsic
has been named CFO of News Corporation Stations Europe, following several years
at FOXTEL and then SKY Italia. And Marc Heller becomes senior VP of strategy
and corporate development for European television, after a stint working on
mergers and acquisitions for News Corp. Both report to Mockridge.

—By Mansha Daswani