FOX PUTS ITS TV STUDIO AND TV NETWORK UNDER SAME EXECS

Following the surprise exit of Kevin Reilly as chairman of Fox Entertainment, Gary Newman and Dana Walden, co-chairmen of 20th Century Fox Television, the TV production arm of corporate parent 21st Century Fox, have been tasked with the challenge of lifting the TV network out of its current position at the bottom of the broadcast network ratings, published reports said on Sunday. The reports, which cited people familiar with the matter, said that an official announcement about the two executives’ new assignment will likely come as early as this week.