On Thursday, the full Senate approved three of President Joe Biden’s four nominees to serve on CPB’s board of directors: Laura Gore Ross, Elizabeth Sembler and Tom Rothman. Biden’s fourth nominee is Kathy Im, director of journalism and media for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Her nomination remains on the Senate calendar, according to a CPB spokesperson.
News Corp. announced Friday that Tom Rothman would be leaving Jan. 1, 2013, and that Jim Gianopulos, his fellow co-chairman for the last 12 years, would take over the helm of the movie studio. The move comes as Fox is restructuring the studio operation, putting television under News Corp. COO Chase Carey. For the last three years, television production had reported to Rothman and Gianopulos.
