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John Thornton elected to NewsCorp board of directors
MUMBAI: News Corporation has elected John L Thornton to its board of directors. His appointment is effective immediately.
Alongside appointment of the Thornton, News Corp has also reconstructed the board committee membership.
After the election of Thornton, the number of News Corporation’s directors increases to 15. The board now has a majority of independent directors, says a company release.
The release also announced that the board’s three committees – audit, nominating and corporate governance, and compensation committee – have been reconstituted to reflect changes to the board membership.
Announcing the election of Thornton, News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch in an official statement said, “John is a highly respected businessman. He has been a senior officer of one of the world’s greatest financial institutions in Goldman Sachs and is a recognized authority on business leadership. John’s contributions to the board as an additional independent member will be invaluable.”
Thornton has been a professor of global leadership at Beijing’s Tsinghua University and Goldman Sachs’ former president and co-chief operating officer.
Thornton, 50, continues to serve as a senior advisor to the firm and remains as a director of The Goldman Sachs Foundation.
He joined Goldman Sachs in 1980 and became a partner in 1988. He is also a director of the Ford Motor Company, Intel Corporation, The DirectTV group and Pacific Century group, Inc.
The changes to the board’s committees, according to the News Corp release, include:
.Rod Eddington was added to the Audit Committee and appointed as a chairman.
.Peter Barnes joins the existing members of the committee, Andrew Knight and Thomas Perkins.
.Viet Dinh has joined the nominating and corporate governance committee.
.Geoff Bible, as chairman, and Ken Cowley will remain members of the committee, while Rod Eddington has retired.
John Thornton joined the compensation Committee. Andrew Knight remains chairman of the committee and fellow members Rod Eddington and Thomas Perkins will remain on the committee, adds the release.
News Broadcasting
News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
