News Corp has appointed Chase Carey as its deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer, effective of 1 July.
The appointment marks a return to News Corp for Carey who spent 15 years as a senior executive at the company before becoming chief executive officer of the DIRECTV Group in 2003.
Reporting to Murdoch, Carey will be based in New York and will have oversight of News Corporation’s global operations.
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