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The Directors present their report together with the Concise Financial Report of the Group for the year ended 30 June, 2004
and the auditors’ independent audit report thereon. The following Directors were in office during the period from 1 July,
2003 to the date of this report unless stated otherwise:
K R Murdoch AC
(Age 73). Managing Director and Chief Executive of The News Corporation Limited since 1979, Chairman since 1991.
Director of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. since 1985, Chairman since 1992 and Chief Executive Officer since 1995.
Chairman of STAR Group from 1993 to 1998, Director since 1993.
Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc since 1990 and Chairman since 1999.
Director of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. since 2001.
Chairman of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. since December 2003.
P Barnes
(Age 61). President of Winemakers’ Federation of Australia since 2001.
Director of Ansell Ltd. since 2001.
Director of Metcash Trading Ltd. since 1999.
Director of Samuel Smith & Sons Pty Ltd. since 1999, Chairman since 2002.
President of Philip Morris Asia Inc. from 1993 until 1998.
Non-executive Director of The News Corporation Limited since April 2004 and member of the Audit Committee.
G C Bible
(Age 67). Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Altria Group Inc., formerly Philip Morris Companies Inc., from 1995 to 2002.
Non-executive Director of The News Corporation Limited since 1998 and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee.
C Carey
(Age 50). Chief Executive Officer and Director of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. since December 2003.
Director of PanAmSat Corporation since December 2003.
Executive Director of The News Corporation Limited since 1996, Consultant from 2002 until 2003.
Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc since 2003.
Director of Gateway, Inc. since 1996.
P Chernin
(Age 53). Executive Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of The News Corporation Limited since 1996.
Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. since 1998.
Director of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. since 2002.
Director of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. since December 2003.
K E Cowley AO
(Age 69). Director of Independent Newspapers Limited since 1990, Chairman since 2001.
Chairman of R.M. Williams Holdings Limited since 1994.
Director of The News Corporation Limited from 1979, Non-executive Director since 1997 and member of Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee.
D F DeVoe
(Age 57). Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director of The News Corporation Limited since 1990.
Deputy Finance Director of The News Corporation Limited from 1985 to 1990.
Director of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. since 1991, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 1998.
Director of STAR Group since 1993.
Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc since 1994.
Non-executive Director of NDS Group plc since 1996.
Director of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. since 2001.
Director of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. since December 2003.
V Dinh
(Age 36). Professor of Law at Georgetown University since 1996.
Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2001 until 2003.
Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor from 1994 until 1995.
Non-executive Director of The News Corporation Limited since April 2004 and member of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee.
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NEWS CORPORATION CONCISE REPORT 2004
Directors’ Report
for the year ended 30 June, 2004