Report: DirecTV’s Carey May Become News Corp. Vice Chair

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Chase Carey, chief execuive of El Segundo satellite TV provider DirecTV Group Inc., is being tapped to become the second in command at News Corp , replacing Peter Chernin when he steps down after the end of his contract in June, according to executives familiar with the conversations.

Executives inside and outside News Corp said that Carey, who has held several top management positions at News Corp in addition to being a former director there, was chairman Rupert Murdoch’s top choice to replace Chernin.

Carey would be the company vice-chairman rather than president, as Chernin was, and would be based in New York.


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