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- Almar Latour is Chief Executive Officer of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
Prior to his appointment as CEO of the finest news and information business in the world, Almar served as Publisher of Barron's Group and Executive Vice President of Dow Jones. He oversaw the growth of Barron's Group business and luxury brands Barron's, MarketWatch, Financial News, Mansion Global, the Dow Jones Wealth and Asset Management Group, and was responsible for all editorial and business operations.
Before Barron's Group, Almar was Executive Editor of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, where he successfully unified the editorial staff into a single global newsroom and transitioned The Journal to a digitally-driven news operation. He also was Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Asia where he lived for more than three years. There, he grew the publishing company's digital footprint to include Japan, Korea and Indonesia, while expanding the Journal's Chinese edition.
Editorially, Almar oversaw two major redesigns of The Wall Street Journal's website, launched numerous successful international and U.S. blogs, revamped The Chinese Wall Street Journal and kicked off The Wall Street Journal in Japan.
Prior to his time in Asia, he was Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Online, where he oversaw a major redesign of the site in September 2008. Before that, he was a bureau chief overseeing Tech coverage in New York.
He also worked as a staff reporter for The Journal in New York, London, Stockholm and Brussels.
Almar began his career as a News Assistant at The Journal's Washington, D.C. bureau. He is a native of the Netherlands and lives in New York City with his family. - Executive
Anoushka Healy is the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of News Corp, a global and diversified media company that includes news and information services, book publishing, and digital real estate.
Ms. Healy oversees a dynamic team working on global mergers and acquisitions to further grow and diversify the company's portfolio, while fostering innovation and synergies across News Corp businesses.
Previously, Ms. Healy served as Group Managing Editor of The Times and The Sunday Times of London. After joining The Times in 2002, she rose to serve in a variety of roles, including Managing Editor and Assistant Editor for Strategy & Development, responsible for launching new products and spearheading the redesign of the newspaper, which was named newspaper of the year at the 2009 Press Gazette British Press Awards.
Prior to that, Ms. Healy was Head of Corporate Communications at the Financial Times for seven years where, among other projects, she worked on the launch of the Weekend FT, the launch of the FT's US edition and the launch of FT.com.
Additionally, Ms. Healy serves on the boards of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting, and the Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd.- Executive
Antoinette (Toni) Bush is the Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs for News Corp. Ms. Bush is responsible for leading the company's government relations efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Ms. Bush joined News Corp from Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, where, over her nearly 20-year tenure, she rose to become the Partner in charge of its Communications Group. She represented global media/entertainment and telecom entities in regulatory, legislative and transactional matters.
Ms. Bush also served as Executive Vice President of Northpoint Technology Ltd. from 2001 to 2003, where she led legal and regulatory strategies. Previously, Ms. Bush served as Senior Counsel to the Communications Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which has oversight for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She worked on numerous bills, including the landmark Cable Act of 1992.
Ms. Bush chairs the board of directors of The HistoryMakers and serves on the boards of My Brother's Keeper Alliance and The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
She holds a J.D. from Northwestern University Law School and a B.A. from Wellesley College.- Executive
Brian Murray is President and Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins Publishers. Since being appointed CEO in 2008, HarperCollins has grown its revenues 50% and expanded its global footprint from operating only in English language territories to publishing in 16 languages and across 24 countries. Growth has come from organic investment in authors, imprints and new capabilities as well as acquisitions, including that of publishers Thomas Nelson and Harlequin.
Under Murray's leadership, HarperCollins has transitioned from a traditional print publishing company to a dynamic print and digital publisher with more than $350M in digital revenues derived from new and innovative business models. The company's strategic partnerships and strong relationships with booksellers and distributors of all sizes, new start-ups and large tech platforms have been instrumental in HarperCollins' transformation.
Murray joined HarperCollins in 1997 and held several positions in the U.S. General Books Group until he was named Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins Australia/New Zealand in 2001. In 2004, he returned to the United States as Group President.
Murray is past chair of the Association of American Publishers and currently serves on the board. He has also served on the Executive Committee of the International Publishers Association, where he was actively involved in activities that protect authors' copyrights and freedom of expression.- Executive
Dana Ritzcovan is Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for News Corp.
Ms. Ritzcovan joined News Corp in 2018 from UBS where she served as Group Managing Director and Head of Human Resources for Global Wealth Management. In this role, she led the execution of all Human Resources functions for UBS Global Wealth Management across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Prior to UBS, Ms. Ritzcovan was the Chief Operating Officer for the Strategy, Digital and Client Segmentation Division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Before that, she served in several senior Human Resources roles within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, including running the Human Resources Integration Office during the joint venture between Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney.
Before Morgan Stanley, Ms. Ritzcovan served as Global Head of Human Resources at Navigators Group and as Head of Human Resources for Credit Suisse Asset Management Americas, where she led HR efforts around the integration of the acquisition of Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette.
Ms. Ritzcovan earned a master's degree after earning her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. She currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Ms. Ritzcovan and her husband Alex live in the suburbs of New York with their two teenage sons, Evan and Adam.- Executive
David Doctorow was named Chief Executive Officer of Move, Inc., operator of realtor.com®, in January 2020.
Mr. Doctorow has held senior executive roles at some of the world's leading digital commerce businesses. He joined Move from eBay, the global e-commerce business where he served as Head of Global Growth, eBay Marketplaces, since 2016. Under Mr. Doctorow's leadership, the company implemented a number of significant marketing tech and workforce advancements that resulted in major increases in revenue, traffic, and active buyers.
Prior to joining eBay, Mr. Doctorow spent nearly five years as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Expedia, the leading travel technology company, where he helped to guide the overall turnaround of the business and an industry consolidation that included Orbitz, Travelocity, and a number of international brands. Earlier in his career, Mr. Doctorow held marketing roles with McKinsey and Hewlett-Packard.
A respected marketing executive, he was named one of Top 50 CMOs to Watch by Boardroom Insiders and a Forbes Top 50 Most Influential CMO.
Mr. Doctorow holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.- Executive
David Kline is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of News Corp.
Mr. Kline joined News Corp in 2020 from Viacom where he served as Executive Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology and Information Officer since 2010. In this role, he led the strategy and execution of all technology functions for Viacom across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Prior to Viacom, Mr. Kline served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Discovery Communications where he was responsible for worldwide technology, facilities and real estate management.
Before Discovery Communications Mr. Kline served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for AMC Networks a subsidiary of Cablevisions Systems Corporation where he was responsible for the company's technology functions, facilities and real estate management. In addition, Mr. Kline has held leadership positions at Integrated Systems Group and Northwell Health Systems.
Mr. Kline earned a master's degree after earning his bachelor's degree from Long Island University. He currently serves in an advisory capacity to Long Island University, Hofstra University and the tech talent pipeline of NYC.- Executive
David B. Pitofsky is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of News Corp.
As General Counsel, Mr. Pitofsky oversees global legal operations including litigation, mergers and acquisitions, ethics and corporate governance matters. As Chief Compliance Officer, he chairs the Company's Compliance Steering Committee. He joined News Corp. in 2013 as Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer.
Mr. Pitofsky previously held the position of partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. In his eight years at Goodwin Procter, Mr. Pitofsky's litigation practice focused on white collar defense, government and internal investigations, and securities litigation and enforcement. His high-profile matters included representing a former Big 4 accounting partner who was acquitted at trial in what was then billed as the largest tax fraud case in U.S. history. He also represented Kenneth R. Feinberg in his role as Claims Administrator for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was established in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon incident.
From 1996 to 2005, Mr. Pitofsky was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, rising to the level of Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. While in that office, he spearheaded the prosecution of a national computer software company and several of its senior executives for securities fraud and obstruction of justice, which resulted in convictions and a precedent-setting deferred prosecution agreement. Mr. Pitofsky was invited to make a presentation regarding the case to the President's Corporate Fraud Task Force.
Mr. Pitofsky is a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Chair of its Nominating and Governance Committee, a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal Bar Council, and an officer of the Federal Bar Foundation. In June 2015, he was recognized on the "Attorneys Who Matter" list by Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practice. In May 2017, Mr. Pitofsky received the George A. Katz Torch of Learning Award from The American Friends of Hebrew University.
Mr. Pitofsky is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he graduated with High Honors, and Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Executive Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. He is a member of the New York Bar.
Mr. Pitofsky is married to Trena Keating and has three sons. He is a contributing writer for The Times Literary Supplement.- Executive
James E. Kennedy is Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of News Corp.Mr. Kennedy joined News Corp from Sony, where he was head of communications for Sony Corporation of America (2011-2013) and Sony Pictures Entertainment (2005-2012).
Beforehand, Mr. Kennedy served in the Clinton White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary, Communications Director for Vice President Al Gore and Senior Advisor to the White House Counsel. Mr. Kennedy also was a spokesman for Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Joe Lieberman and the Connecticut Attorney General's office. He has a B.A. from the University of Rochester and an M.A. from the American University School of Communication. He is a member of the News Corp Philanthropy Committee.- Lachlan Murdoch is the Co-Chairman of News Corp and Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corporation (FOX).
Mr. Murdoch has spent the past two decades building, operating and investing in many of the world's most prominent television and publishing businesses. In addition to his leadership roles at News Corp and FOX, he currently serves as Executive Chairman of NOVA Entertainment, an Australian media company. Mr. Murdoch previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of Ten Network Holdings.
Mr. Murdoch served since 1996 on the Board of Directors of News Corporation, which separated into two distinct publicly traded companies, News Corp and 21st Century Fox, in 2013. Mr. Murdoch was named Co-Chairman of 21st Century Fox in 2014, and Executive Chairman in 2015; he served in that role until the closing of the merger of 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company in March 2019.
From 1996 to 2005, Mr. Murdoch served in a number of senior executive roles at News Corporation. As Deputy Chief Operating Officer, he was directly responsible for the company's U.S. television stations group and publishing assets, serving as Chairman of Fox Television Stations (FTS) and Publisher of the New York Post. At FTS, he oversaw the company's 35 owned-and-operated television stations, where he raised the bar on local news coverage nationwide, increasing the total number of local news hours across the group to more than 850 per week. At the New York Post, he overhauled the tabloid and grew its circulation by more than 40 percent. During his tenure, the Post became the nation's fastest-growing newspaper and the seventh largest in the United States.
Mr. Murdoch also oversaw HarperCollins Publishers and News Corporation's lines of business in Australia, including REA Group, a leading online real estate business in Australia. He led the company's purchase of a controlling stake in REA, which began with an original cash investment of approximately $1 million and resulted in a corporate asset that is currently valued at approximately $5 billion.
In 2005, Mr. Murdoch founded Illyria Pty, a successful private investment company. In 2009, Illyria acquired 50 percent of DMG Radio, a network of radio stations, which later was renamed NOVA Entertainment. After Mr. Murdoch became its Chairman in 2009, NOVA grew exponentially, nearly doubling in value during the first three years of his tenure, while its EBITDA rose more than threefold, from $16 million in 2009 to $52 million in 2014. In 2012, Illyria purchased the remaining 50 percent and, under Mr. Murdoch's leadership, NOVA Entertainment became Australia's leading network of FM stations.
Mr. Murdoch holds a B.A. from Princeton University. - Executive
Michael Miller was appointed Executive Chairman Australasia of News Corp Australia in November 2015.
He has over 15 years' experience working in senior executive roles in the media industry, most recently as the CEO of APN News and Media.
Michael was previously the Regional Director for News Limited in New South Wales, the Managing Director of Advertiser News Media, and News Limited's Group Marketing Director where he was involved in all aspects of marketing across News Corp's 11 divisions in the region.
Michael has sat on the Boards of News Limited, Fox Sports Australia, carsguide.com.au, Sky Network Television Limited, the Committee for Sydney and Waratahs Rugby.
He is currently the Chairman of The Newspaper Works and a Director of Unruly, REA, Foxtel and FOX SPORTS.- Executive
Rebekah Brooks was appointed Chief Executive of News UK in September 2015.
Rebekah joined the company in 1989 as a feature writer for the News of the World's Sunday magazine and rose through the ranks to become Editor of The Sun in 2003, a role she held until July 2009. During this time The Sun extended its number one position in the popular sector in the UK, growing its share in both circulation and reach. Rebekah was the driving force behind a number of major military and domestic violence campaigns by The Sun, including support for the launch of Help for Heroes and spearheading the campaign that led to the introduction of 'Sarah's Law'.
From 2009 to 2011, she served as Chief Executive of News International, during which time there was significant growth in newspaper operating profit, and The Times was a pioneer in paid-for digital subscriptions.
Born in Warrington, she attended the local comprehensive school and took her first job in journalism at the town's newspaper, the Warrington Guardian.
She is married to the racehorse trainer, writer and columnist, Charlie Brooks and has a daughter, Scarlett.- Executive
Robert Thomson is chief executive officer of News Corporation. News Corp, headquartered in New York, has global operations across a range of media, including: news and information services, digital real estate services, book publishing, sports programming and pay-TV distribution.
Mr. Thomson assumed his current role in January 2013, having served as editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal from May 2008. He directed the global news operations of the print and digital Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, with an international news staff of over 2,000 journalists in more than 80 bureaus worldwide.
Mr. Thomson's editorial leadership and Dow Jones' commitment to quality journalism fueled growth and innovation, with The Wall Street Journal becoming the largest circulation newspaper in the U.S. The Journal expanded its content and added a host of sections to complement its core of unrivalled business and finance coverage. The company's expansion across content was complemented by a growth across geographies and devices, with numerous digital content and video offerings and local-language Web sites in Europe and Asia, reaching tens of millions of users worldwide.
Before joining Dow Jones in December 2007, Mr. Thomson was editor of The Times of London where he presided over a significant expansion of its readership in print and on the Web - the audience of the Times Online grew from less than 1 million monthly to almost 13 million during his editorship. Prior to that, he was editor of the U.S. edition of the Financial Times taking prime editorial responsibility for the FT Group's ambitious drive into the U.S. market, where the newspaper trebled its sales to almost 150,000. For his work in building the FT's operations, in print and online, he was named as U.S. Business Journalist of the Year in 2001 by the influential trade journal TJFR.
Mr. Thomson had been editor of the Weekend FT and assistant editor of the Financial Times, orchestrating a successful redesign of the Weekend FT in late 1996 - that edition became the fastest-growing newspaper in the U.K. market during 1997. He also oversaw the evolution of "How to Spend It" magazine into an award-winning monthly. From 1994 to 1996, he was the FT's foreign news editor in London, leading the paper's extensive network of correspondents. Mr. Thomson had been a correspondent himself in Tokyo (1989-1994), where he witnessed the rise and fall of the "bubble economy," and in Beijing (1985-1989), where he reported on the country's economic and social reforms, and the crushing of the democracy movement in Tiananmen Square.
Mr. Thomson has been a journalist since early 1979, when he joined The Herald in Melbourne, working as a copyboy and a finance and general affairs reporter before becoming the paper's Sydney correspondent. In 1983, he was hired by the Sydney Morning Herald as a senior feature writer and, two years later, was appointed to a Beijing bureau then shared by the Sydney paper and the Financial Times.
He is the author of The Judges: A Portrait of the Australian Judiciary (Allen & Unwin) and co-author of The Chinese Army (Weldon Owen). He edited a collection of satirical writing titled True Fiction (Penguin Books).
Mr. Thomson was born in Torrumbarry, near Echuca, in southern Australia, and is married with two sons.- Actor
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Rupert Murdoch is Executive Chairman of News Corp and Co-Chairman of Fox Corporation, two of the most recognized and influential media companies in the world.
Mr. Murdoch has been Executive Chairman of News Corp since 2013, when News Corporation separated into two distinct, publicly traded companies, News Corp and 21st Century Fox. He was Executive Chairman of 21st Century Fox from 2015 until the closing of the merger of 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company in March 2019.
In 1954, Mr. Murdoch took control of News Limited, an Australian-based public corporation whose only key asset at the time was a majority interest in the number-two daily newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia. Since News Corporation's inception in 1979, Mr. Murdoch served as CEO and Chairman, and oversaw the expansion and development of the Company into an international media business.
In 1960, News Corporation acquired the Daily Mirror in Sydney and, in 1964, launched a national newspaper, The Australian. In 1969, the Company ventured into the United Kingdom and later purchased The Sun newspaper.
In the 1980s, News Corporation purchased the UK newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times, and HarperCollins Publishers, today one of the world's largest and most digitally advanced book publishers. In 2007, the Company acquired Dow Jones & Company, including The Wall Street Journal.
News Corporation purchased Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1985 and the studio subsequently produced many award-winning films, including the two top-grossing films of all time: Titanic and Avatar. The following year, the Company created the Fox Television Stations group, which was the foundation for the launch of FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX Sports.
FOX was the leading television network in the U.S. for a record eight consecutive years. In October 1996, News Corporation launched the FOX News Channel - the undisputed leader in 24-hour news service. The Company also successfully established some of the U.S. and the world's most popular cable networks, including Fox Sports Network, FX and the National Geographic Channels.
In 2012, News Corporation further expanded its footprint in Australia through its acquisition of media investment company Consolidated Media Holdings. News Corp Australia is now a majority shareholder of Foxtel/FOX SPORTS Australia, the largest pay-TV provider in Australia, and owns and operates Sky News Australia, a 24-hour multi-channel, multi-platform news service.
Also in Australia, News Corp owns the majority interest in digital real estate company REA Group, operator of the country's leading property websites, and of iProperty Group, which owns a number of leading property portals in Asia. In 2014, News Corp completed acquisition of Move, Inc., operator of realtor.com®, a leading provider of online real estate services.
Mr. Murdoch has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (A.C.) for services to the media and to newspaper publishing in particular. He and his family have been closely involved with, and made generous contributions to, various educational, cultural, and medical charitable organizations throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Israel.- Executive
Sean Giancola is a Digital Advertising and Publishing Executive with over 20+ years experience. He is currently the Publisher and CEO of the New York Post. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at the Post, where he was responsible for revenue operations across all lines of business units including the print editions of the Post and Alexa, NYPOST.com, Pagesix.com, Decider.com, POST Studios, Page Six TV and News IQ. Prior to joining the New York Post Sean served as Vice President of National Sales, at AOL Advertising, with responsibility for strategic sales, corporate marketing and advertising sponsorships. He oversaw multiple integrated sales teams servicing Aol's top advertising clients including American Express, Pfizer, Citi, Mercedes, and Delta. In addition to the New York Post and AOL Sean has held senior advertising and marketing positions at American Express and Time Inc.
Sean holds a bachelors degree from The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. He lives in Wilton, CT with his wife and son. In his free time, Sean enjoys golfing, hiking, traveling and birding.- Executive
Sharb Farjami assumed the leadership of Storyful in August, 2017. Storyful is a global leader in social insights, news and video content for media partners, agencies and brands. Storyful journalists and technologists discover and verify compelling online content, and help businesses create and scale video advertising and manage reputational risk.
Mr. Farjami previously served as Director of Content Commercialisation at Foxtel in Sydney, Australia, where he led the strategic development of Foxtel's addressable and advanced advertising revenues and ensured alignment with Foxtel's media investments. He also was commercial lead for Foxtel content sales, and established strategic connections into the TV advertising community across the US, UK and Canada.
Before joining Foxtel, Mr. Farjami was Chief Commercial Officer and Director of Sales at News Corp Australia, where he was responsible for the strategic leadership of the Network Sales team.
Mr. Farjami previously was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Mindshare, a WPP media agency and digital leader in the Australian market. He also worked for Viacom, Ignite Media Brands and MTV Networks ANZ and Europe.- Executive
Susan Panuccio became News Corp's Chief Financial Officer in March 2017. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of News Corp Australia, beginning in September 2013, where she sat on the boards of News Limited, REA, Foxtel, FOX SPORTS Australia, Sky News and AAP.
Before joining News Corp Australia, Susan worked 11 years with the News UK business in various roles including Chief Financial Officer, Director of Strategic Program Management and Director of Corporate Planning.
Prior to joining News UK, Susan worked in the finance teams of companies such as AngloGold Ashanti, Ansett Australia and KPMG.- Executive
Tracey Fellows is President for Global Digital Real Estate at News Corp. Assuming the role in January 2019, Ms. Fellows is responsible for driving strategy and growth across the company's digital real estate interests. She also served as Acting CEO of Move, Inc., operator of realtor.com®, from June 2019 through January 2020. Previously, Ms. Fellows served as Chief Executive Officer of REA Group where she oversaw a rapid expansion of the digital real estate business in Australia and Asia, while also leading the company's investments in India and North America. Ms. Fellows continues to serve as a director on REA Group's board.
Ms. Fellows joined REA Group from Australia Post, and prior to that, she worked in Singapore as Microsoft's Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, where she was responsible for the management, sales, marketing and operations for 12 countries across the region. She also served as CEO of Microsoft Australia for four years.