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Article: Ex-Hughes CFO Named DirecTV President.(Hughes Electronics Corp., Roxanne Austin)(Brief Article)
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- July 2, 2001
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DirecTV Inc. named former Hughes Electronics Corp. chief financial officer Roxanne Austin its new president last Tuesday, replacing Odie Donald, who joined the company in April 2000 after years in the telephone industry.
Two days later, DirecTV hit a long-awaited milestone: the signing of its 10-millionth direct-broadcast satellite subscriber.
The announcement that didn't come last week -- at least by press time -- was the one that industry observers have expected for even longer: news of a sale or spin-off of DirecTV.
Since February, News Corp. has been rumored to be within weeks of heralding a deal to merge its SkyGlobal Networks division with ...