News Corp. announced that veteran communications advisor Arthur Bochner will become Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President, following the retirement later this year of Jim Kennedy, who joined the company in 2013. Mr. Bochner will begin at News Corp.

this month, working with Mr. Kennedy and his team during the transition. He spent nearly a decade at The Walt Disney Company, most recently overseeing strategic communications. He also served as Chief of Staff in the Office of the CEO after holding key communications roles at the company?s consumer products and theme park segments.

Prior to Disney, Mr. Bochner held communications positions at Bloomberg, Citigroup, and FD Public Affairs. Mr. Kennedy?s decision to retire was announced last October. He was the first Chief Communications Officer for the ?new?

News Corp, and has given five decades of service as a spokesman and speechwriter in Washington, Hollywood and New York, where he worked for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in the White House, and headed communications for Senators Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman, the Clinton Foundation, Sony Pictures and Sony Corporation of America. Mr. Bochner is moving from Los Angeles to New York with his family and will be based at News Corp?s headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas. Mr. Bochner has a BA from The University of Pennsylvania, and is pursuing an MBA at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

He also co-authored several books, including a business book for children, which led to guest appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Oprah Winfrey Show.