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Article: Rae returns to 'Affair.' (Ken Chandler tapped to head New York Post; Ian Rae will replace him as executive producer of 'A Current Affair') (Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- April 5, 1993
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Following his 11th-hour repurchase of the New York Post, News Corp. and Fox Inc. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, has decided to name former Boston Herald editor Ken Chandler to head up the paper. Chandler had been appointed executive producer of Fox's syndicated A Current Affair strip little more than a month ago. In turn, Ian Rae, a co-creator of ACA, has been named to his third tour as executive producer on the tabloid strip.
Murdoch originally owned the Post from 1976-88, but had to give up ownership of the paper to acquire WNYW-TV New York due to the FCC's prohibition against crossownership of a newspaper and TV station in the same market.
Although Senator ...