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Katherine Moran Meeks Named General Counsel of FOX News Media
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Katherine Moran Meeks has been named General Counsel of FOX News Media, announced Suzanne Scott, its CEO. Meeks will begin her
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nKatherine Moran Meeks has been named General Counsel of FOX News Media, announced Suzanne Scott, its CEO. Meeks will begin her new role on August 19th, while Bernard T. Gugar has stepped down from his position as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Meeks will report directly to Scott with further reporting responsibilities to Fox Corporation’s Chief Legal and Policy Officer Adam Ciongoli.\n\n\nIn making the announcement, Scott said, “We are delighted to welcome Kate to FOX News Media and look forward to her tackling the legal intricacies of the ever-evolving media landscape. We thank Bernard for his incredibly hard work and extensive contributions over the last three years and wish him the best of luck in his next role.”\n\n\nIn commenting on the transition, Gugar said, “My decision to step down was a difficult one, but I’m grateful to everyone at FOX News Media for an incredibly rewarding experience and wish the network nothing but continued success.”\n\n\nMeeks added, “I’m thrilled to join the most powerful and dominant news brand in the industry especially as someone who started their career in journalism.”\n\n\nMost recently, Meeks was a partner in the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she practiced in the firm’s Litigation Department as well as the Appellate and Constitutional Law and Labor and Employment groups. In private practice, she has represented journalists and media companies in libel and other speech-based tort cases, from discovery through dispositive motions, trial, and appeal. Meeks has also presented oral argument in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits and in federal district courts.\n\n\nPrior to her stint at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, she was an associate at Williams & Connolly in the firm’s Media and First Amendment practice group and earlier clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court and then-Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.\n\n\nMeeks began her career as a journalist, starting as a reporter for The Day in New London, Connecticut. In 2005 she moved to New Orleans to join The Times-Picayune in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which later won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the devastating Category 5 storm. She co...