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William Alan O'Neill (born May 22, 1936) is the Australian-American former media executive who, in a 50-year career, held multiple positions within News Corporation, including two separate terms as head of News International, a Director on the company's main board, and Executive Vice President of News Corporation with global responsibility for human resources.〔News Corp Press Release, Jan. 14, 2002. http://www.zoominfo.com/p/William-O'Neill/483049〕 ==Early life and career== O'Neill and his two brothers were born in Sydney, Australia, to Irish parents, John and Margaret O'Neill (née Kitson). They grew up in the northern suburb of Chatswood. In 1952 he commenced a six-year apprenticeship as a hand and machine compositor with Truth and Sportsman, publisher of the Sydney ''Daily Mirror''. After completing his apprenticeship and military draft commitment in the Australian Army, he traveled to the United States, where in 1958, he joined the International Typographical Union in San Francisco. He returned to Australia and the ''Daily Mirror'' as a Linotype operator just before the company was bought by Rupert Murdoch. He brought an interest in trade unionism with him from America and became a vice president of the New South Wales branch of the Printing Industries Employees' Union of Australia. Disenchanted with union politics,〔''The History of The Times,'' Graham Stewart, HarperCollins, London, 2005. Page 33. ISBN 978-0-00-718438-5〕 he joined a research and development team within Murdoch's News Limited and after a short time was selected to lead the company's industrial relations. In 1981 he was sent to London to negotiate with the Fleet Street unions.〔''Tough talker at The Times,'' Financial Times, February 9, 1981. Written by John Lloyd.〕 A successful agreement allowed Rupert Murdoch to purchase ''The Times'' and ''Sunday Times''. O'Neill and fellow British negotiator, John Collier, were named Joint General Managers of Times Newspapers Limited and appointed to its board.〔John Collier's obituary, June 3, 2005, http://www.pressmon.com/cgi-bin/press_view.cgi?id=883566〕 In 1983 he negotiated with the print unions for their entry to the new print center at Wapping.〔''Papers face jobs battle'' London Morning Star, March 16, 1983.〕 Talks broke down〔''EDDIE SHAH and the Newspaper Revolution,'' David Goodhart and Patrick Wintour, Coronet Books/Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1986. Page 264.〕 and he took over duties in New York as Vice President/Labor Relations at News America.〔New York Post, March 29, 1984.〕 His responsibilities involved the ''New York Post'', the ''Boston Herald'', the ''San Antonio Express-News'' and the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. In 1985 he was sent back to London to again negotiate with the print unions regarding Wapping.〔''Full Disclosure,'' Andrew Neil, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London, 1996, Page 106.〕 These talks were unsuccessful and led to the 13-month-long Wapping dispute.〔''The End of the Street,'' Linda Melvern, Methuen London Ltd., 1986. Page 241.〕 Most of 1986 saw him fulfilling the role of General Manager at the ''New York Post''〔Editor and Publisher, July 5, 1986〕 and meeting with the British unions in an attempt to bring the strike to an end.〔''Hot Mettle,'' Brenda Dean, Politico's Publishing Ltd., London, 2007. Page 172.〕 At the beginning of 1987 he took over as Managing Director of News International,〔''Don't look at us in terms of conflict, says O'Neill,'' UK Press Gazette, June 22, 1987.〕 responsible for ''The Times,'' the ''Sunday Times'', ''The Sun'', the ''News of the World'' and later, the ''Today'' newspaper. He was appointed to the News Corporation Board of Directors〔News Corporation directors appointed. New York Times, June 11, 1987. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/11/business/executives.html〕 that year and served until 1990. He transferred management of News International to Gus Fischer and returned to the United States at the beginning of 1990 to lead News Corporation's global human resources program.〔''Murdoch Units Shift Officials,'' New York Times, January 18, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/18/business/murdoch-units-shift-officials.html〕 On November 25, 1990, O'Neill arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, to represent the United States as the employer delegate at a tripartite meeting〔''Tripartite Meeting on Conditions of Employment and Work of Journalists'' http://www.worldcat.org/title/tripartite-meeting-on-conditions-of-employment-and-work-of-journalists-report-Geneva-21-29-november-1990/oclc/475361084〕 of the International Labor Organization. He had been nominated to attend by the American Newspaper Publishers Association. The week-long meeting was convened to discuss the international working conditions of journalists. Little was achieved and this led The Guild Reporter, voice of The Newspaper Guild to write in its issue of December 14, 1990, "the cause was the U.S. labor-management issues that simmered constantly beneath the surface." O'Neill testified before a U.S. Congressional Committee in 1991 as an expert witness on the Striker Replacement Bill.〔''Hearings on H.R.5, The Striker Replacement Bill,'' Committee on Education and Labor, 102nd U.S. Congress, March 13, 1991, Serial #102-19. Pages 387-404〕 In 1993 he led the management team negotiating with the unions 〔'',Murdoch tells of $350,000 weekly deficits at the Post,'' New York Times, April 3, 1993.http://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/03/nyregion/murdoch-tells-of-350000-weekly-deficits-at-the-post.html〕 that led to News Corporation reacquiring the ''New York Post.''〔''Labor concessions gained by Murdoch restore The Post,'' New York Times, July 13, 1993.http://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/13/nyregion/labor-concessions-gained-by-murdoch-restore-the-post.html?pagewanted-38src=pm〕 That year he became a United States citizen. In 1995 he was back at Wapping,〔''Wapping job for Post's Bill O'Neill,'' New York Post, March 17, 1995 (from Bloomberg Business News)〕 this time as CEO,〔''A New Murdoch Aide in London'' New York Times, March 17, 1995 http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/business/a-new-murdoch-aide-in-london.html?n|〕while a management reshuffle was effected. At year's end he handed over control of News International to incoming chairman, Les Hinton. Until his retirement〔 in 2002, he continued in his role as News Corporation's Executive Vice President of Human Resources. He left the company exactly 50 years from the day he started on the Sydney ''Daily Mirror'' as a 15-year-old apprentice. In July 2011, at the height of the phone hacking scandal at the ''News of the World,'' he was contacted by the BBC's Business Daily Program and interviewed on his years with News Corporation and his impression of Rupert Murdoch's contribution to the newspaper publishing industry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill O'Neill (media)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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