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James Murdoch has been Non-Executive Chairman of Sky since December 2007 and a director of the company since February 2003. He was Chief Executive between November 2003 and December 2007. James is Chairman and CEO, Europe and Asia, at News Corporation and is a member of News Corporation’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Between May 2000 and November 2003, he was Chairman and CEO of Star. James also serves on the Board of YankeeNets and the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Lampoon and attended Harvard University.

Gaude Lydia Paez has joined Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) as Vice President, Corporate Communications, it was announced today by Shannon Ryan, Senior Vice President, Publicity & Corporate Communications, to whom Ms. Paez will report. Ms. Paez will serve as a liaison between the network and the press on corporate matters including ratings performance, senior executive initiatives and industry-wide developments. In addition, she will act as a spokesperson for FBC on behalf of senior management and will participate in strategic planning for the FOX brand. Ms. Paez joins the company from Veoh Networks, Inc., an Internet television service. While at Veoh, she served as head of corporate communications, leading the company’s business, consumer and advertiser communications strategy. Prior to her tenure there, Ms. Paez was director of corporate communications for Web giant Yahoo!, Inc. In that post, she oversaw media and influencer relations, issues management and internal communications for the company’s multi-million dollar global search advertising and marketing products business. Ms. Paez began her career in New York at agencies BSMG Worldwide (now Weber Shandwick) and Burson-Marsteller Public Relations, where she honed her corporate media and crisis communications skills supporting Fortune 1000 clients across the technology, consumer electronics, telecommunications and financial services industries. Ms. Paez holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.

Mr. Brauchli is stepping down from his position as Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal and will become a consultant to News Corporation. Marcus Brauchli, 46, became the Journal’s Managing Editor in May 2007, overseeing the Journal news franchise, in print and online, in the U.S. and abroad. Before that, he had served as Deputy Managing Editor, Global News Editor, and National Editor. In those jobs, he helped to guide redesign of the Journal’s U.S., Asian, and European editions and to oversee coverage of two Presidential elections, the September 11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the 2000-2001 stock market downturn. Before that, he spent nearly 15 years as a foreign correspondent and was based in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Stockholm. He began his career at Dow Jones in 1984 in New York.

Sir Rod was chief executive of British Airways Plc until the end of September 2005. Prior to his role with British Airways, Sir Rod was managing director of Cathay Pacific Airways from 1992 to 1996 and executive chairman of Ansett Airlines from 1997 to 2000. External appointments (current and recent): Director of News Corporation plc since 1999 Director of John Swire & Son Pty Limited since 1997 Non executive chairman of JPMorgan Australia and New Zealand since 2006 Director of CLP Holdings since 2006 Director of Allco Finance Group Limited since 2006 Chief executive British Airways Plc from 2000 until 2005 Chairman of the EU/Hong Kong Business Co-operation Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council from 2002 until 2006