News Corp announce two senior management appointments

News Corporation today announced two senior management appointments for the New News Corporation, the proposed global publishing entity to be formed as part of the Company’s intended separation into two independent, publicly traded companies.

William Lewis has been appointed Chief Creative Officer. He will be responsible for the new company’s creative strategy and will have a central role in developing new commercial opportunities, including product launches, digital initiatives and acquisitions.

Mr. Lewis was previously Editor-in-Chief of Telegraph Media Group, which he joined in 2005. Under his editorship, the Daily Telegraph was named Newspaper of the Year, and Mr. Lewis named Journalist of the Year, in the British Press Awards following the paper’s role in exposing the parliamentary expenses scandal. Mr. Lewis led the team that designed and created the Daily Telegraph’s acclaimed newsroom, organising the paper’s move from its previous premises.

Meanwhile, Anoushka Healy, currently Group Managing Editor of The Times and Sunday Times, has been named Chief Strategy Officer and will help shape the new News Corporation and fashion its strategic direction. She will also be responsible for sharing best practices across the organisation, implementing new projects and supporting talent around the company’s businesses.

Both Ms. Healy and Mr. Lewis will be based in New York and report to Robert Thomson, Chief Executive Officer of New News Corporation.

“Will and Anoushka will be at the very heart of the new company, expanding our digital and global reach and building new businesses,” said Mr. Thomson. “Anoushka is a fully certified organisational genius and master of motivation. Will has an innate understanding of audiences and how their needs are changing. He is as diligent as he is digital.”