Cybersecurity
News Corp. Says Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton Is Stepping Down
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Les Hinton, chief executive officer of News Corp.’s Dow Jones & Co. unit, said he is resigning, the media company’s second executive to step down today amid accusations of phone hacking by its journalists.
Hinton, 67, was chairman of News International for 12 years until 2007, giving him a leading role at the U.K. newspaper unit during the time when the alleged hacking took place. News Corp., controlled by Chairman Rupert Murdoch, announced Hinton’s resignation in a statement today.