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It looks like the BBC Global News Ltd Board may spend a little more on teleconferencing from now on - or hold meetings in the USA..

Two new non-executives have been appointed. Jon Miller, a resident of New York, was, until September last year, NewsCorp's digital supremo, and he's still on contract for a year to advise Rupert Murdoch. He joined NewsCorp in 2009, from AOL where he was CEO. Mr Miller is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute, The International Emmy Association, The Paley Center for Media and the Independent Film Project.

 Rob Norman is a new media agency specialist, currently Chief Digital Officer of GroupM Worldwide, a division of WPP. Born in the UK, he too lives in New York. He is also a director of Xaxis, Wild Tangent, the 4A's, the Ad Council and the Mobile Marketing Association. He is a member of the Facebook Client Council and of the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. According to one biog, he is a fan of the New York Mets, the New York Jets, Tottenham Hotspur and Warren Buffett.