News Corp.’s Klein Steps Down From Internal Hacking Probe

News Corp. executive Joel Klein stepped down as the head of the company’s internal committee investigating phone hacking and bribery, passing the role to General Counsel Gerson Zweifach.

The group, known as the Management and Standards Committee, will now report directly to Zweifach, who joined News Corp. in February. The change will let Klein return to his role as chief executive officer of News Corp.’s education unit, according to a statement yesterday. The former Justice Department lawyer, who joined News Corp. last year after serving as the chancellor of New York schools, had been running the committee since news of the hacking broke last July.