Rebekah Brooks to Lead News Corp's U.K. Arm
03 September 2015 - 12:20AM
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News Corp said Wednesday that Rebekah Brooks will become Chief
Executive of its News UK arm, returning to the post she resigned in
2011 amid the phone-hacking scandal at now-defunct British tabloid
the News of the World.
The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets had reported last
week that the move was coming. News Corp owns Dow Jones, which
publishes The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and other
news products.
Ms. Brooks, 47 years old, was a central figure in the
controversy over phone hacking, in which journalists illegally
intercepted voice-mail messages during the reporting process. She
was acquitted last summer of all charges, including phone hacking,
bribery and two counts of obstruction of justice. She has
maintained she didn't have knowledge of phone hacking during her
tenure editing the paper. Following her acquittal, she was widely
expected to return to News Corp.
Ms. Brooks's "expertise, excellence and leadership will be
crucial as we work to extend our relationship with readers and
advertisers, and develop our digital platforms to take full
advantage of our brilliant journalism," said News Corp CEO Robert
Thomson.
She replaces Mike Darcey, who leaves the CEO seat after three
years there.
The company also announced that David Dinsmore will be chief
operating officer of News UK, and Tony Gallagher was named editor
in chief of the Sun, a British daily newspaper.
Write to Nathan Becker at nathan.becker@wsj.com, Lukas I. Alpert
at lukas.alpert@wsj.com and Chip Cummins at
chip.cummins@wsj.com
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 02, 2015 10:05 ET (14:05 GMT)
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