News Corp. has added a Senate Judiciary Committee attorney to its federal-affairs team, just as the Murdoch family explores re-merging the publishing giant with Fox Corp.
Rachel Bissex is now vice president for federal government affairs at News Corp., the print-news publisher that the Murdoch family split in 2013 from what is now Fox Corp. Last month, the two media organizations began a process to consider re-merging, reportedly at the behest of Rupert Murdoch, executive chair of News Corp. and chair of Fox Corp. News Corp.'s publications include the Wall Street Journal and The Sun; Fox Corp. owns Fox News Media and Fox Television Stations, among other assets.
Bissex joined News Corp. from the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she was most recently senior counsel under ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). She's also worked for Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and for the Department of Justice as deputy chief of staff and counselor to then-Attorney General Bill Barr. The DOJ and Federal Trade Commission are jointly in charge of reviewing business mergers.
