Dive Brief:

• Adam Ciongoli will take over as Fox News chief legal officer starting December 1, replacing Viet Dinh, who was widely criticized for his strategy to defend the network in the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which reaped $787 million in a last-minute settlement with the company.
• “I am pleased to welcome Adam to the Fox executive leadership team,” said Lachlan Murdoch, Fox News chair and CEO. “Adam’s extensive legal experience across various industries and government will be a tremendous asset to our company.”
• Ciongoli is a 30-year veteran legal leader who early in his career was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and later was general counsel at Lincoln Financial Group before joining Campbell Soup Company in 2015 to become its top legal officer.

Dive Insight:

At Fox, Ciongoli will receive a base salary of $1.75 million with a target bonus of $2.75 million and a shareholder award of up to $3 million, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter. He will also receive an additional award of restricted stock units with a value of $2.35 million.

“I’m excited to join the Fox team at such a dynamic time in the media industry,” said Ciongoli. “Fox is uniquely positioned to build on the momentum that has been established by its industry leading brands.”

Ciongoli is being replaced at Campbell’s by Charles Brawley, the deputy general counsel, in an internal promotion.

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