Chernin, Murdoch, and News Corp.: The Son Also Rises?
Scoopmeister Nikki Finke is opining on the upcoming departure of Peter Chernin, Rupert Murdoch’s number two man at News Corp. Finke suspects that perhaps Chernin wanted to be more than a “seat warmer” for the next generation of Murdochs:
In terms of News Corp., the assumption has always been that the youngest son, who runs all of News Corp.’s international assets, would eventually take over. As Chernin himself liked to tell people, “I’m just warming the seat for a Murdoch.”
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