Peter Chernin

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name = Peter Chernin

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birth_place = Harrison, New York
occupation = President and COO, News Corporation
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Peter Chernin ("Russian": Пётр Чернин, or Pyotr Chernin, born May 29, 1951 in Harrison, New York) is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of the Fox Group. In addition to the Fox duties, he is also a Corporate Director for American Express.

Biography

Chernin earned a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley.

According to "The New York Times" he is a major fund raiser for Senator Hillary Clinton. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/us/politics/02murdoch.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]

Career

Chernin is currently a board member of Malaria No More, a New York-based nonprofit that was launched at the 2006 White House Summit with the goal of ending all deaths caused by malaria.

Widely considered one of the most powerful media executives in the world, Chernin has been credited in particular with the success of Fox's cable operations. Prior to joining Fox, Chernin was president and COO of Lorimar Film Entertainment. His other executive roles include positions at Showtime/The Movie Channel, Warner Books and St. Martin's Press.

It is rumored in the media that he will leave his current position at News Corp. by June 2009, when his contract expires, and will be replaced in his current position by James Murdoch, the media executive youngest son of Rupert Murdoch. [ cite news | title=Not the heir, apparently: Peter Chernin, number two at News Corporation, holds the key to a smooth Murdoch family succession | url=http://www.economist.com/people/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10284587 | publisher="The Economist" | date=2007-12-13 | accessdate=2008-10-09 | quote=Mr Murdoch may nevertheless try to bring James to America to fill Mr Chernin's job, or something close to it, in 2009. ] [ cite news | last=Siklos | first=Richard | title=The COO's dilemma: Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s No. 2, has a big job, a big paycheck, a big (and growing) profile - and a contract that's coming up for renewal | url=http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/08/news/newsmakers/siklos_chernin.fortune/index.htm | publisher="Fortune" | date=2008-08-08 | accessdate=2008-10-09 | quote= 'Rupert has always been very straightforward with me about this,' said Chernin, who's been at News Corp. for 20 years. 'And based on that, I think I would only have an opportunity to feel wronged if I had been given false promises, which I haven't.' ]

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