Arthur Siskind (born 11 October 1938) is an American lawyer and businessperson. He has been an executive director of the

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since 1991. He served as their group

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from March 1991 until December 2004. He was succeeded by Lawrence Jacobs. Siskind remains on News Corporation's board of directors and continues to serve the company as senior advisor to the chairman. As executive director of New Corp., his salary was $1.7 million with a $5 million annual bonus in 2005.Arthur M. Siskind profile
from

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He graduated from

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. Siskind became an adjunct professor of law at

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in 2005 and has been a member of the bar of the

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since 1962.

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