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Peter Chernin is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of The Fox Group. He is also Chairman of Malaria No More, an organization that works to engage the private sector to provide life-saving mosquito nets and other critical interventions to families in Africa. At Fox, Chernin oversees diversified global operations spanning five continents, including film and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting; newspapers, magazines and books; and digital broadcasting. He previously headed Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment and, prior to that, the Fox Entertainment Group of the Fox Broadcasting Company. He oversaw Fox's tremendous growth in sports, cable and general entertainment programming and distribution in the United States and internationally. Chernin joined Fox from Lorimar Film Entertainment, where he was president and chief operating officer. He was previously executive vice president for programming and marketing for Showtime/The Movie Channel Inc.; vice president of development and production at the David Gerber Company; and an editor for Warner Books. Chernin received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Panels:
Eliminating Malaria: A Workshop

Media and Entertainment: Consequences of the Digital Revolution

Seizing the Opportunity to Eliminate Malaria as a Global Health Threat

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