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Executive Management Committee
The Executive Management Committee is an informal body comprising Executive Directors of the Company as well as
senior executives from the Group’s businesses or companies in which the Group holds a significant interest. The primary
objective of the Executive Management Committee is to strengthen the coordination and profitability of the Group’s
activities. The Executive Management Committee discusses major operating issues; evaluates opportunities and business
risks; advises the Board on refining and redefining the Group’s priorities worldwide and by market; and reviews and advises
the Board on the strategic focus and direction of all major businesses of the Group. In advising the Chief Executive and the
Board, the Executive Management Committee also considers strategic direction, brand management, corporate
communications, human resources and risk management. As at the date of the Directors’ Report contained herein, the
Group’s Executive Management Committee includes the following persons:
K R Murdoch, AC Chairman and Chief Executive, The News Corporation Limited
P Carlucci, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News America Marketing
P Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer, The News Corporation Limited
D F DeVoe, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The News Corporation Limited
A Disney, Executive Vice President for Content, The News Corporation Limited
J Friedman, President and Chief Executive Officer, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
J N Gianopulos, Chairman, Fox Filmed Entertainment
G Ginsberg, Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, The News Corporation Limited
J Hartigan, Chief Executive Officer, News Limited
D Hill, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fox Sports Television Group
L Hinton, Executive Chairman, News International plc
L K Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, The News Corporation Limited; Chairman, News Limited
A Peled, Chief Executive Officer, NDS Group plc
M Pompadur, Executive Vice President, The News Corporation Limited
T Rothman, Chairman, Fox Filmed Entertainment
A M Siskind, Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel, The News Corporation Limited
Important Information about this Concise Report
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS
The Directors’ Report, Concise Financial Report and Independent Audit Report contained within this document represent
a Concise Report.
The financial statements and disclosures in the Concise Financial Report on pages 62 to 79 have been derived from The News
Corporation Limited’s Full Financial Report for the year ended 30 June, 2004. A more comprehensive analysis of the Group’s
financial performance, financial position and financing and investing activities is given in the Full Financial Report.
A copy of the Full Financial Report, including the Independent Audit Report on the Full Financial Report, is available and
will be sent to any shareholder without charge on request by phoning Australia 61 2 9288 3233, United Kingdom 44 207 782 6000
or United States 1 212 852 7059. All reports can be accessed via the internet at www.newscorp.com.
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NEWS CORPORATION CONCISE REPORT 2004
Statement of Corporate Governance
(continued)
for the year ended 30 June, 2004