If Rupert Goes, Is Chase Carey Next News Corp. CEO?

A look at Murdoch’s right-hand man

If you hadn’t already sussed out the gravity of the News of the World hacking story, take a moment to consider who joined Rupert Murdoch this weekend as the News Corp. chairman attempted to deal with the blowback.

Shoring up Murdoch in his London foray was second-in-command Chase Carey, the deputy chairman, president and COO of Rupert’s global media conglomerate and the most powerful executive on the company org chart who doesn’t also happen to bear the surname.

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