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Age Verification Expert Named Senior Advisor to Aristotle CEO; NewsCorp General Counsel Joins Board |
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WASHINGTON, Dec 02, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Appointments Create Opportunity for NewsCorp to Address Child Protection Deficiencies
Aristotle International Inc., the global leader in online identity verification, announced today that age verification expert Michael Colopy will rejoin the company as Senior Advisor to CEO John Aristotle Phillips. Colopy, formerly Aristotle's Senior Vice President for Communications and Government Affairs, will now aid the company's efforts in promoting responsible online child protection through use of robust age and ID verification technologies. Aristotle also notes that Lawrence (Lon) Jacobs, Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel of News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA) has joined the company's board of directors.
"We are pleased that Michael, a long-time advocate and thought-leader on Internet safety and security, is returning to Aristotle and being joined by Lon, an active member of the entertainment and online industries," said Phillips, CEO of Aristotle International. "Combining Michael's credibility as an industry expert with Lon's experience as a respected executive of NewsCorp's multi-billion dollar enterprise, which includes MySpace, is extremely beneficial to Aristotle and serves to strengthen our leadership position in the age and identity verification space."
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