Peter Chernin puts the kibosh on a MySpace/Yahoo swap 646 Mary Jane Irwin 09/11/07 02:42PM Filed to: Deals Deals News Corp. Yahoo Myspace peter chernin Rupert Murdoch Valleywag This image was lost some time after publication. Despite rumors to the contrary, News Corp. president Peter Chernin says there are no talks and no deal. His boss, Rupert Murdoch, was reportedly thinking about trading MySpace for a 25 percent stake in Yahoo.