After weeks of speculation, it appears that that 21st Century Fox is closing in on a deal for 20th Century Fox TV chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman to take oversight of sibling TV operation Fox, filling a void at the top of the network left by the departure of chairman Kevin Reilly in May. This has been one of the worst kept secrets in the TV business, with Walden emerging as an early frontrunner for the Fox job, and the focus gradually shifting to extending her successful partnership with Newman at the studio to running the network.