21st Century Fox Film Chairman, CEO Jim Gianopolus To Step Down In 2017

(RTTNews) - 21st Century Fox (FOXA, FOX) Thursday said its Jim Gianopulos, the Chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox Film, will step down from his current post at the end of his contract term on June 30, 2017.

Stacey Snider, who currently serves as the film studio's Co-Chairman, will takeover as the studio's Chairman and CEO.

Gianopulos has agreed to continue with the company upon the close of his current contract in 2017 and will then take on a new strategic role, continuing to report to Lachlan Murdoch and James Murdoch, 21st Century Fox's Executive Chairman, and CEO, respectively.