{"id":3816,"date":"2012-02-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/02\/29\/james-murdoch-steps-down-at-news-international\/"},"modified":"2012-02-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T00:00:00","slug":"james-murdoch-steps-down-at-news-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/02\/29\/james-murdoch-steps-down-at-news-international\/","title":{"rendered":"James Murdoch Steps Down at News International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK: James Murdoch, the deputy chief operating officer at News Corporation, has relinquished his role as the executive chairman of News International. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Tom <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">     Mockridge, the CEO of News International, will continue in his post, reporting to Chase Carey, the president and COO of News Corporation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;We are all grateful for James&#8217; leadership at News International and across Europe and Asia, where he has made lasting contributions to the group&#8217;s strategy in paid digital content and its efforts to improve and enhance governance programs,&quot; said Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and CEO of News Corporation. &quot;He has demonstrated leadership and continues to create great value at Star TV, Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia, and BSkyB. Now that he has moved to New York, James will continue to assume a variety of essential corporate leadership mandates, with particular focus on important pay-TV businesses and broader international operations.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;I deeply appreciate the dedication of my many talented colleagues at News International who work tirelessly to inform the public and am confident about the tremendous momentum we have achieved under the leadership of my father and Tom Mockridge,&quot; added James Murdoch. &quot;With the successful launch of The Sun on Sunday and new business practices in place across all titles, News International is now in a strong position to build on its successes in the future. As deputy chief operating officer, I look forward to expanding my commitment to News Corporation&#8217;s international television businesses and other key initiatives across the Company.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: James Murdoch, the deputy chief operating officer at News Corporation, has relinquished his role as the executive chairman of News International. 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