Hughes Electronics Corp. Chief Executive Chase Carey and Mitchell Stern, CEO of Hughes' DirecTV Inc. unit, will be based in New York instead of at Hughes' headquarters in El Segundo, a Hughes spokesman said Tuesday.
That will allow News Corp.'s New York-based CEO, Rupert Murdoch, to keep a closer eye on Hughes.
News Corp. on Monday bought a controlling 34% stake in Hughes, whose DirecTV is the biggest U.S. satellite TV service, for $6.6 billion in cash and stock. Murdoch's media company, which offers satellite TV services on five continents, plans to introduce interactive features to DirecTV subscribers, Carey said Monday.
