LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: NPR's business news starts with a new executive at Oracle.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: The high-tech company has hired Mark Hurd as a co-president. Just last month, Hurd was the chief executive at Hewlett-Packard, one of Oracle's big competitors.</s>CEO: IBM.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Westin had been ABC's news chief since 1997. He recently had to cut a quarter of the news staff, and there are reports that the company is facing more layoffs.
Oracle has hired Mark Hurd as a co-president. Just last month, Hurd was the chief executive at Hewlett-Packard. He resigned that job after a scandal involving a female contractor with the company. And another shakeup — this one in television — ABC is looking for someone to lead its news division. David Westin abruptly quit the job Monday night.