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Hemanshu Nigam, News Corporation Chief Security Officer, to Transition to Role of Safety Advisor
New York, NY, April 20, 2010 – News Corporation today announced
that Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam, News Corporation Chief Security Officer, will
transition to an advisory role, effective May 1, to enable him to provide
his expertise in safety, security, and privacy to more companies across the
globe.
As an advisor, Mr. Nigam will continue to work closely with and counsel News
Corporation’s Digital Media Group on Internet safety, security, and privacy
programs, including those at MySpace and across News Corporation’s broader
portfolio of Web businesses.
“Hemu has played an incredibly valuable role for News Corporation in
pioneering MySpace’s safety policy during the early days of social
networking,” said Dan Fawcett, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of
News Corporation’s Digital Media Group. “We look forward to working with him
in this new capacity, and are pleased to share with others in the industry
the wonderful opportunity to benefit from his many talents.”
After joining News Corporation in 2006, Mr. Nigam spearheaded leading safety
initiatives, including the adoption of Sentinel SAFE technology to protect
online communities from registered sex offenders. In his tenure, he drove
the launch of over a 150 safety, security, and privacy protection features
and programs. He played a key role in the accord between MySpace and 49
State Attorneys General to develop key principles of social networking
safety. Nigam also orchestrated efforts that resulted in 28 states and the
federal government passing email registration legislation. Recently, Mr.
Nigam has been called on by institutions from the United Nations to the U.S.
Department of Commerce to play key advisory roles.
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets as of
December 31, 2009 of approximately US$56 billion and total annual revenues
of approximately US$30 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global
media company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed
entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast
satellite television; integrated marketing services; newspapers and
information services; book publishing; and other. The activities of News
Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental
Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America.
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