Tom Perkins Leaves News Corp.'s Board
Tom Perkins, a News Corporation board member for 15 years, is stepping down. He will be replaced by Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist with Accel Partners. Perkins’ departure will likely raise some eyebrows, says Forbes:
The timing of Perkins’ departure is sure to invite questions, given his unique history and its relevance to the legal challenges currently confronting News Corp. Perkins became a champion of corporate accountability when he quit the board of Hewlett-Packard to protest an unethical leak investigation ordered by then-chairman Patricia Dunn…
After the full scale of the tabloid’s phone hacking came to light in July, one columnist called Perkins ‘the closest thing to a truly independent director’ on News Corp.’s
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