Britain seals deal to regulate scandal-hungry pressBritain's three main political parties agreed on Monday to create a new system to regulate the country's scandal-hungry newspapers, after a public inquiry exposed a culture of industrial-scale phone hacking and other un More… |
News Corp to launch 'Sun on Sunday'News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp group, has announced that it would publish a Sunday edition of Britain's scandal-hit Sun tabloid for the first time next weekend. In an internal memo to al More… |
News Corp to launch 'Sun on Sunday'News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp group, has announced that it would publish a Sunday edition of Britain's scandal-hit Sun tabloid for the first time next weekend. In an internal memo to al More… |
Prince Alwaleed stands by News Corp leadershipSaudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said he believes that News Corp will emerge from the current crisis and that he does not plan to sell any of his shares in the company. Alwaleed, who says his Kingdom Holding is the second bigges More… |
Murdoch apologies for 'fiasco', denies onusRupert Murdoch and his son James apologised to the British parliament on Tuesday over a hacking scandal that has engulfed News Corp , but the veteran media mogul denied he was ultimately responsible for "this fiasco". Murdoch senior said h More… |
UK PM defends actions as scandal fells police chiefDavid Cameron defended his handling on Monday of a corruption scandal around Rupert Murdoch's media empire which has swept away Britain's top police chief and raised questions about the prime minister's own future. At a news conference in More… |
Ex-editor arrested in British hacking scandalRebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World and a favoured lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of phone hacking and bribing police, sources familiar with the situation said.& More… |
Murdoch says sorry over hacking, Brooks quitsRupert Murdoch said sorry on Friday to victims of criminal phone hacking by one of his tabloids after confidante Rebekah Brooks quit as head of the British newspaper arm of his News Corp media empire. Moving to get ahead of a scandal washi More… |
Murdoch withdraws bid for British TVRupert Murdoch withdrew his bid for British broadcaster BSkyB on Wednesday in the face of cross-party hostility in parliament following allegations of widespread criminality at one of his tabloid newspapers. The move pre-empted by a couple More… |
UK parliament to urge Murdoch to drop BSkyB bidThe British parliament will back a motion on Wednesday urging Rupert Murdoch to drop plans to buy the whole of broadcaster BSkyB in a widening scandal over phone-hacking by one of his newspapers. The opposition motion is not legally bindin More… |








