Back To Work, Peter

摘要

Peter Chernin's decision to step down from News Corp. last week was surprising, not so much for his choice to leave the company as for its timing, coming so far in advance of the expiration of his contract at the end of June. Chernin's future had become one of the hot topics of industry fantasy football. Everyone from journalists to big-media chiefs loved to banter about whether he would re-up with Rupert Murdoch at the last minute once again or move on to a new gig, whether with Apple, Viacom or wherever the latest (generally baseless) rumor tended to be. We don't care where he goes. We just think he should go somewhere. Certainly, not everything News Corp. has touched has turned to gold. But Chernin's leadership at the company and his relationships in the business will be missed both by Murdoch and the industry.