At least five former News Corp. executives are involved in senior decision-making at Comcast. Tops is Peter Chernin, who recently stepped down as Rupert Murdoch's second-in-command. Chernin is
consulting on Comcast's efforts to buy control of NBC Universal.
Comcast is also being advised by Peter Liguori, the former head of Fox Broadcasting Co. who oversaw entertainment at that
network, say insiders.
Comcast's head of programming, Jeff Shell, arrived in May 2005 from News Corp.'s Fox cable networks, where he oversaw the FX, Fox Sports and National Geographic cable channels. Jamie Davis, the president of Versus, a Comcast sports network, was an 11-year News Corp. veteran prior to joining Comcast in 2005. Neal Tiles, the president of Comcast's G4 video-game channel, was senior VP of marketing at Fox Sports.
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