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Neil R. Austrian

Private Investor

Mr. Austrian is a Class I Director and has served as a Director of the Company and as Chairman of the Nominating Committee since December 2003. He has been a member of the Compensation Committee since February 2008 and a member of the Audit Committee since February 2009. Mr. Austrian is a private investor. He served as Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, Inc. from 2004 to 2005 where continues to serve as a Director. Mr. Austrian served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Football League and was a Managing Director of Dillon, Read & Co., Inc.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Ralph F. Boyd Jr.

Executive Vice President/Community Relations
Freddie Mac

Mr. Boyd is a Class II Director and has served as a Director and a member Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 2003. In February 2009, Mr. Boyd was appointed by the Board as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Currently, Mr. Boyd serves as the Executive Vice President/ Community Relations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Freddie Mac Foundation, and a Director of the Home Ownership Funding Corporation I and II, two real estate investment trust affiliates of Freddie Mac. Prior to that, Mr. Boyd was the General Counsel of Freddie Mac. He was a senior litigation partner in the law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP and an Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice. He served a trial partner with the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP. Mr. Boyd also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office. Previously, Mr. Boyd was the United States Member to the United Nations Human Rights Commission's Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. He currently serves as a Trustee of the National Housing Partnership Foundation.

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Chase Carey

Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer

News Corporation

Mr. Carey is a Class III Director and has served as a Director of the Company since December 2003. Currently, Mr. Carey serves as Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation. From December 2003 through June, 2009, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. From 2004 until December 2007, Mr. Carey served as a Director of News Corporation and from 1996 until 2002 he served as an Executive Director and Co-Chief Operating Officer of News. He served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sky Global Networks, Inc., a director and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. and was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Television. Mr. Carey is a Trustee Emeritus of Colgate University.

Paul A. Gould

Managing Director

Allen & Company, LLC

Mr. Gould is a Class III Director and has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since August 5, 2009. Mr. Gould has been with Allen & Company, LLC, an investment banking services company, since 1972 and has served as a Managing Director for more than the last five years. Mr. Gould established Allen & Company's arbitrage business in 1975. Mr. Gould currently serves on the Board of Director of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, Liberty Global, Inc. and Discovery Communications, Inc. He served on the Board of Directors of Liberty Media Corporation from May 2006 until August 5, 2009. In addition, Mr. Gould serves on the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, is a member of its Executive Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee, serves as an overseer for Weill Cornell Medical College as well as the board of The New School for Social Research and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Charles R. Lee

Retired Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

Verizon Communications, Inc.

Mr. Lee is a Class I Director and has served as a Director and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee since December 2003 and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee since February 2006. Mr. Lee served as the non-executive Chairman of Verizon Communications, Inc and previously, as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Verizon. Previously, Mr. Lee served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GTE Corporation. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company, United Technologies Corporation, United States Steel Corporation and Marathon Oil Corporation. He is Trustee Emeritus and Presidential Councilor of Cornell University and serves on the Board of Overseers for the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee

Peter A. Lund

Private Investor and Former President and Chief Executive Officer

CBS, Inc.

Mr. Lund is a Class III Director, has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Compensation Committee and Audit Committee since 2000. Mr. Lund is a private investor and media consultant. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer – CBS, Inc., and President and Chief Executive Officer – CBS Television and Cable. In a career spanning 20 years at CBS, Mr. Lund held numerous positions including President – CBS Broadcasting Group, President – CBS Sports, President – CBS Television Stations and President – CBS Television Network. Mr. Lund serves as a director of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Emmis Communications Corporation.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Greg Maffei

President and CEO

Liberty Media Corporation

Gregory B. Maffei is a Class I Director and has served as a Director of the Company since February 2008. Mr. Maffei is President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation. Previously, Mr. Maffei served as President of Oracle Corporation in 2005. Previously, he served as Chairman and CEO of 360networks Corporation, Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation, and chairman of Expedia, Inc. He currently serves as a director of Electronic Arts, Inc.

John Malone

Chairman

Liberty Media Corporation/Liberty Global, Inc.

John C. Malone is a Class II Director and Chairman of the Company since February 2008. Mr. Malone serves as Chairman of the Board of Liberty Media Corporation Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tele-Communications, Inc., or TCI until it merged with AT&T Corp. Prior to this role, Mr. Malone served as President of TCI from 1973 to 1996. He currently serves as Chairman of Liberty Global, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Holding Company, a Director of Bank of New York, IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia, Inc.

Nancy S. Newcomb

Retired Senior Corporate Officer

Citigroup Inc.

Ms. Newcomb is a Class II Director and has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Company's Audit Committee since February 2006. She has been a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since February 2008. Ms. Newcomb served as a senior corporate officer, risk management, of Citigroup. Prior to that, she served as a customer group executive, a division executive, Latin America, and as the principal financial officer responsible for liquidity, funding and capital management of Citicorp (the predecessor corporation). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Moody's Corporation and Sysco Corporation. Ms. Newcomb is also a member of the Governing Council of the Van Leer Group Foundation, the Netherlands.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Haim Saban

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Saban Capital Group, Inc.

Haim Saban is a Class III Director and has served as a Director of the Company a member of the Compensation Committee since 2004. Mr. Saban is the chairman and chief executive officer of Saban Capital Group, Inc. Previously, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saban Music Group, Inc. Mr. Saban is a member of the board of directors of the French broadcaster Television Francaise 1, Chairman of the Board of Univision and Chairman of the Board of Broadcast Media Partners, Inc., which owns a controlling interest in Univision. Previously, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Family Worldwide.

Member of the Compensation Committee