Peter Chernin

Peter Chernin Advising Comcast On NBCU Bid

New York Times | TIM ARANGO | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Peter A. Chernin, the former president of the News Corporation and one of the most prominent media executives not tethered to a major conglomerate, is...

Peter Chernin Sells Another Project To Fox

Variety | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media


Peter Chernin's new production shingle has sold another project to Fox. "Fallen," from scribe John Glenn ("Eagle Eye"), centers on a group of vigil...

Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope Prepping For Production Company Following Chernin's News Corp Exit

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


He is the president and COO of News Corp. until June 30, but Peter Chernin already is hanging the "open for business" sign on his News Corp.-based pro...

Fox Executives Shuffled As Murdoch Sets Post-Chernin Course

AP | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire chief executive of News Corp., shuffled leadership of the company's Fox operations in Los Angeles ...

Katherine Pope, Peter Chernin May Join Forces

Los Angeles Times | Dawn Chemielewski | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media


Katherine Pope, the former head of Universal Media Studios, is talking with Peter Chernin about joining the outgoing News Corp. executive when he laun...

Rupert Murdoch Makes His Crazy Last Stand

Michael Wolff | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Well, Rupert has guts. With the share price of News Corp. at its lowest level in years, Rupert Murdoch has allowed Peter Chernin, the company's No. 2, to walk away.

Third Lowest Rated Oscars in History: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer February 24, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

The show's ratings increased 13% over last year, which was the lowest rated Oscars in the history of the program.

News Corp. President Peter Chernin To Leave Company

Los Angeles Times | Dawn Chmielewski, Meg James and Claudia Eller | Posted 03.26.2009 | Home


Peter Chernin, the highly regarded president of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and the executive who has paved the way for the global media giant on Wall...

Peter Chernin's Contract Reveals Sweet Retirement Package: Details

BusinessWeek | Ronald Grover | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


Odds are News Corp. President Chernin won't be leaving; he waited to sign his most recent contract until the last one had actually expired. But the bu...

Peter Chernin's Uncertain News Corp Future Worries Company, Wall Street

Los Angeles Times | Meg James and Dawn C. Chmielewski | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media


Rupert Murdoch has returned from Australia, where he celebrated his mother's 100th birthday. Now the mogul faces another important date. The contra...

Apple Dies

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business


Michael Wolff

An obviously sick man, probably a mortally sick man, has been insisting on his own immortality--that's nuts. The fact that most people have been willing to take him at his word has been as nutty.

Peter Chernin May Leave News Corp.

Los Angeles Times | Meg James and Dawn C. Chmielewski | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media


News Corp.'s Peter Chernin is wrestling over whether to surrender one of the biggest jobs in entertainment. For the last 12 years, Chernin has been...

Peter Chernin, No. 2 At NewsCorp, To Face Decision Soon

Fortune.com | Richard Siklos | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business


In addition to his broader COO duties within Murdoch's sprawling media empire, Chernin also effectively oversees the Hollywood-based Fox film and tele...

Rupert Murdoch's Speed Dial Revealed

BusinessWeek | Jon Fine | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media


Many stories are told by many random objects on display at the Newseum--which I was fortunate enough to spend a few hours at yesterday, in advance of ...

Peter Chernin: Who Needs Writers?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


NewsCorp president and COO Peter Chernin doesn't need writers: "A strike is probably a positive for the company."

Google Tests "Video-Fingerprinting"

Financial Times | Richard Waters in San Francisco and Joshua Chaffin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Google on Monday sought to take back some of the moral high ground in its tussle with traditional media companies as it claimed to have made significa...

News Corp's Peter Chernin Out-Earned Boss Rupert Last Year

Guardian | Jemima Kiss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Peter Chernin, the president and chief operating officer of News Corporation, was paid more than the company's chairman and chief executive, Rupert Mu...