Chernin Flying Into India To Boost Star Team’s Morale After Defections; Vijay Singh New COO

So reports Indiantelevision, citing sources. After Sameer Nair, CEO of Star India, and Peter Mukerjea, CEO of Star Group, quit last month, parent News Corp COO Peter Chernin is flying in from U.S. to calm the frayed nerves.
The story also says that Vijay Singh, former CEO of Sony Music and currently Tata group company Tetley Tea’s managing director, developing markets, has been appointed as Star India COO. The purpose of Chernin’s visit is to reinforce India’s importance, as well as to make clear how the new executive structure in Hong Kong and India will mesh with News Corp’s overall growth plans.

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