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Peter Chernin (born May 29, 1951 in Harrison, New York) is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of the Fox Group.

Widely considered one of the most powerful media executives in the world, Chernin has been credited in particular with the success of Fox's cable operations. Prior to joining Fox, Chernin was president and COO of Lorimar Film Entertainment. His other executive roles include positions at Showtime/The Movie Channel, Warner Books and St. Martin's Press.

Chernin earned a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley. As one news media profile put it, "he is as famously liberal as his boss (Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation) is conservative."

News Corporation

Corporate Directors: Chairman and Managing Director Rupert Murdoch | Others: Peter Barnes | Chase Carey | Peter Chernin | Kenneth Cowley | David DeVoe | Viet Dinh | Rod Eddington | Andrew Knight | Lachlan Murdoch | Thomas Perkins | Stanley Shuman | Arthur Siskind | John Thornton

Misc. Assets: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Fox News Talk | MySpace | IGN | National Rugby League (50%) | NDS Group | TV Guide
Newspapers: New York Post | News International Group : The Times | The Sunday Times | The Sun | News of the World | News Limited (Australian newspapers)
Studios: 20th Century Fox | 20th Century Fox Animation | 20th Century Fox Television | Blue Sky Studios | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Fox Television Studios | Fox Studios Australia | Fox Studios Baja
US Broadcast Television Assets: Fox Broadcasting Company | Fox Television Stations Group | My Network TV ¹
US Cable Television Assets: Fox Movie Channel | Fox News Channel | Fox Reality Channel | Fox Soccer Channel | Fox Sports en Español | Fox Television Stations Group | Fox Sports Net | Foxnet | FX Networks | National Geographic Channel | SPEED Channel | Turner South | TV Guide Channel
International and Satellite Television Assets: BSkyB | bTV | DirecTV Group | Fox Sports en Latinoamérica | Foxtel | Sky Italia | STAR TV
Fox Owned & Operated Television Stations: KDFW | KDVR | KMSP | KRIV | KSAZ | KSTU | KTBC | KTTV | KTVI | WAGA | WBRC | WDAF | WFLD | WFXT | WGHP | WHBQ | WITI | WJBK | WJW | WNYW | WOFL | WOGX | WTTG | WTVT | WTXF
UPN-affiliated Television Stations²: KCOP | KTXH | KUTP | WDCA | WFTC | WPWR | WRBW | WUTB | WWOR
Independent Television Station: KDFI³
¹Set to debut September 5, 2006
²Will become My Network TV O&O's after UPN ceases operations September 2006
³Will become a My Network TV O&O in September 2006

Annual Revenue: .9 billion USD ( 17% FY 2005) | Employees: 44,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [NWS] ASX: [NWS] | Website: [www.newscorp.com]

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