Murdoch to put Fox TV CEO at the helm of DirecTV ?

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Rupert Murdoch is said to be considering Mitchell Stern, the chairman and CEO of News Corp's Fox Television Stations group, as a potential candidate to run DirecTV, the satellite TV provider that News Corp (NWS) hopes to control by the end of the year, according to The Los Angeles Times news paper.

if Stern does move it will mean that Murdoch's oldest son, Lachlan, whom Stern has been grooming for the last several years, would take a more active roll in day-to-day operations at Fox, according to News Corp sources.