LAPFF calls for 'genuinely independent' News Corp board

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The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has called on News Corp to refresh its board after a shareholder revolt at the company's annual general meeting.

More than a third of investors voted against the reappointments of James and Lachlan Murdoch - 34% and 35% respectively - at the global media firm's AGM yesterday. The shareholder activist body ...

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