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News Corp to replace Aussie unit CEO: News Corp will replace the CEO of its Australian unit and create a new role of executive chairman to grow the global media company’s business in Asia, one of its newspapers reported. News Corp Australia’s chief executive Julian Clarke, who came out of retirement to take on the role, would step down at the end of 2015 and be replaced by chief operating officer Peter Tonagh, The Australian said. The company would also install the chief executive officer of radio and regional newspaper firm APN News & Media Ltd, Michael Miller, in the newly created role of executive chairman, the paper added. — Reuters