What’s the Real Reason for James Murdoch’s Promotion?

Is News Corp. getting James Murdoch the hell out of Dodge?
 
The media empire—run, of course, by James Murdoch’s father Rupert—announced Wednesday that the younger man has risen to deputy chief operating officer, chairman and CEO of international operations. That promotion comes with a move from the U.K. to New York, which is rather convenient, as James Murdoch is currently embroiled in the phone-tapping scandal surrounding News Corp.’s British paper News of the World; he approved a secret payment to one of the victims.
 
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