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Jacobs joined News Corp. in 1996 as deputy to [[Arthur Siskind]], whose position he took over in 2004 when Siskind stepped down and announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Movers and shakers: Eugenie Turton's gateway to the Wates board|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2898672/Movers-and-shakers-Eugenie-Turtons-gateway-to-the-Wates-board.html|accessdate=11 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 November 2004}}</ref>
 
Most notably, Jacobs was responsible for the acquisitions of [[MySpace]], [[Dow Jones]] and [[DirectTV]] during his tenure as General Counsel.<ref name="CC03">{{cite news|last=Lieberman|first=David|title=Surprise At News Corp: General Counsel Lawrence Jacobs Leaves|url=http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/surprise-at-news-corp-general-counsel-lawrence-jacobs-leaves/|accessdate=2 December 2011|newspaper=[[Deadline.com Hollywood]]|date=8 June 2011}}</ref>
 
His salary in 2007 was $4.1 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steffens|first=Miriam|title=News Corp executives pocket $112m|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/news-corp-executives-pocket-112m/2007/09/07/1188783495861.html|accessdate=11 December 2010|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=8 September 2007}}</ref>