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William Alan O'Neill (born May 22, 1936) is the Australian-American former media executive who, in a 50-year career, held multiple positions within News Corporation, including two separate terms as head of News International, a Director on the company's main board, and Executive Vice President of News Corporation with global responsibility for human resources.
News Corp was established in 1980 by Rupert Murdoch as a holding company for News Limited.News Limited was founded in 1923 in Adelaide by James Edward Davidson, funded by the Collins House mining empire for the purpose of publishing anti-union propaganda; [9] [10] subsequently the controlling interest was bought by the Herald & Weekly Times.
News Corp and 21st Century Fox are two companies that succeeded the original News Corp., which included Fox Entertainment Group and other broadcasting and media properties. [4] The spin-out was structured so that 21CF was the legal continuation of the original News Corp., with the new News Corp being a new company formed by a stock split.
Mark Vincent Hurd (January 1, 1957 – October 18, 2019) was an American technology executive who served as CEO and as a member of the board of directors of Oracle Corporation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He had previously served as chairman , chief executive officer , and president of Hewlett-Packard , before his forced resignation in 2010.
27 July 2011 (): The number of meetings between UK Cabinet Ministers and News Corporation staff over the prior 15 months was released. It was revealed that Cabinet ministers had over 60 private meetings with News Corporation executives, or 107 if social events were included, in the period. [30]
In January 2013, Thomson became the chief executive of News Corp. In 2007, Thomson was one of the first media executives to criticise Google and big tech for the disaggregation of content and publication of falsehoods, and to pressure them for a higher share of advertising value.
He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation. In 2023, he was listed 33rd on the list of Australia's wealthiest people, with his wealth estimated at A$3.35 billion (US$2.1 billion).
Lawrence "Lon" A. Jacobs (born May 4, 1955) is the former Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel of the Las Vegas Sands. [2] Up until 2011, Jacobs served as the Group General Counsel and Senior Executive Vice President of News Corporation.