{
  "id": 15672671,
  "title": "Fox Legal Chief Adam Ciongoli Sets Exit, Nicholas Trutanich to Be General Counsel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/fox-legal-chief-adam-ciongoli-sets-exit-nicholas-trutanich-to-be",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T00:04:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/fox-legal-chief-adam-ciongoli-exits-nicholas-trutanich-promoted-general-counsel/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Fox Corporation's chief legal and policy officer, Adam Ciongoli, is set to exit his role by December 1, 2024, as the company announced on Monday. Ciongoli, who joined Fox back in 2023, will transition into a special advisor position, serving through June 2028. His successor, Nicholas Trutanich, currently serves as executive vice president and principal deputy general counsel, will assume the role of general counsel upon Ciongoli's departure. Trutanich, who joined Fox in 2021 as chief ethics and compliance officer, expressed his excitement about the new opportunity, stating that it's an \"exciting time of growth and innovation at FOX.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Fox Corp. Top Lawyer Adam Ciongoli Is Exiting, Nick Trutanich to Take Over as General Counsel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/fox-corp-top-lawyer-adam-ciongoli-is-exiting-nick-trutanich-to-take",
        "published": "2026-10-19T20:31:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Fox Legal Chief Adam Ciongoli Steps Down, Nicholas Trutanich Named General Counsel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/fox-legal-chief-adam-ciongoli-steps-down-nicholas-trutanich-named",
        "published": "2026-10-19T22:51:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}