NAI will appoint five directors, including Thomas May, who will become chairman after Mr. Dauman relinquishes that title on Sept. 13. And it will be the end of Mr. Dauman’s ties to the Redstone family dating back nearly three decades. As CMO Today reports, Univision’s $135 million winning bid for Gawker Media in a court-administered bankruptcy auction includes a clause allowing the company to exclude Gawker.com from the deal. Meanwhile, amid a sexual harassment scandal, Mr. Ailes was recently ousted as the head of Fox News, another wing of the empire inside 21st Century Fox. [CMO Today]Two more Fox News executives who were close associates of Roger Ailes, Brigette Boyle and Nikole King, have left the network.
Source: Wall Street Journal August 19, 2016 11:37 UTC