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Hurd Joins Murdoch's Board with a Nice View of Yahoo! from Both Sides

Hurd has the Microsoft-avoiding tie-up insider view considering HP's printer chief Vyomesh Joshi sits on Yahoo!'s board
By Maureen O'Gara
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February 18, 2008 11:30 AM EST
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HP CEO Mark Hurd has joined the board of directors at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media conglomerate, which should give him a nice view of any possible Microsoft-avoiding tie-up between News Corp. and Yahoo considering HP's printer chief Vyomesh Joshi sits on Yahoo's board. Reuters notes that Hurd will get to see a bit of Tom Perkins now. He's the VC who used to be on HP's board and let the cat out of the bag about its spying caper. Reuters was told Perkins suggested Hurd to Murdoch. Ironically Hurd will serve on the corporate governance committee. Speaking of pretexting, HP just settled up with a few of the reporters it spied on for an undisclosed amount of money. There's unsettled suits lodged by still other reporters.

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HP News Desk 02/17/08 04:38:55 PM EST

Reuters notes that Hurd will get to see a bit of Tom Perkins now.