Tom Mockridge, a protégé of News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch who departed after losing the race to run the newspaper spin-off operation, has been named CEO of Virgin Media, the U.K. cable outfit that goes head-to-head with Murdoch's BSkyB.
In his 22-year stint at News Corp., Mockridge served as chief of Sky Italia, deputy chairman of BSB and CEO of News Corp. International.
Murdoch tapped Mockridge to put News Corp.’s scandal-tainted British newspaper group back on track after the phone hacking situation.
U.S.-based Liberty Global is acquiring Virgin Media in a deal worth more than $23B.
Mockridge replaces Neil Berkett, who announced his decision to depart with the completion of the takeover deal.
He reports to Neil Berkett, CEO of Liberty Global.
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