Six months after quitting the News Corp. board, James Murdoch is embarking on a new media and tech venture in India alongside Uday Shankar, the former president of The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific and chairman, Star & Disney India.Murdoch and Shankar worked together to grow Star into a dominant force in the Indian TV market before it was inhaled by Disney as part of the Mouse House’s $71.3 billion takeover of 21st Century Fox in 2019.
Shankar announced his decision to leave Disney last month having built Star to the point where it reaches more than 600 million viewers a month.Their new, yet-to-be-named venture will be backed by Murdoch’s Lupa Systems.
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