Chase Carey, who currently runs DirecTV, the US satellite broadcaster that was part of Mr Murdoch’s empire until last year, was last night confirmed as News Corp’s new deputy chairman, taking over when Mr Chernin moves on at the end of this month.

The elaborately-moustached Mr Carey has been a Murdoch lieutenant for almost all of the past 15 years, and helped develop the company’s Fox Sports channel, as well as its satellite operations across Europe and Asia.

He is returning at a time when News Corp, in common with most media giants, is suffering from the slump in advertising. The company’s businesses span book publishing, cable news and network television in the US, the Twentieth Century Fox film studios and satellite and newspaper businesses around the world.

- Murdoch appoints Carey as News Corp deputy, Independent.co.uk, June 4, 2009.

3. James Walston, professor of political science at the American University of Rome, said Berlusconi’s time is quickly running out, even though elections are not due until 2013.

“He could go tomorrow. He could go next week. The sort of pressure that he is under, coming from his own people, will make it sooner than later,” he said.

But Berlusconi has remained defiant, insisting he still commands enough support in Parliament.

“I don’t understand how rumors of my resignation are circulating,” Berlusconi was quoted as saying Monday by Libero newspaper.

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