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Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Murdoch is the founder, chairman and CEO of News Corporation. News Corp. owns numerous TV stations, magazines and newspaper publications including Fox broadcasting, BSkyB, The Wall Street Journal and The Times.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 11 February, 2013

Murdoch “considering” getting rid of “so last century” Page 3

The newspaper king made the comment following an online campaign by the No More Page 3 activist group.

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 29 January, 2013

Murdoch apologises for ‘grotesque, offensive cartoon’ on Holocaust Memorial Day

The Sunday Times carried the cartoon of Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu last Sunday.

# rupert-murdoch - Friday 11 January, 2013

British detective guilty of offering leaks in hacking scandal

She was the first person to be prosecuted under the investigation into payments by News of the World journalists to public officials which is linked to the phone hacking scandal.

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 4 December, 2012

Cameron says independent watchdog is needed urgently

The British PM met with editors and executives at 10 Downing Street to push them to set up a new independent regulatory body.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 3 December, 2012

After just 21 months, Rupert Murdoch closes iPad-only paper ‘The Daily’

Analysts say the decision is not surprising as Murdoch’s “bold experiment” did not have enough paying readers to sustain it.

# rupert-murdoch - Thursday 29 November, 2012

Leveson report into UK press standards to be published this afternoon

The report from the first part of the inquiry will be available from 1.30pm

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 30 October, 2012

From Business ETC Merging

Penguin and Random House book publishers set to merge

The joint venture, to be known as Penguin Random House, will be the leading publisher of English-language books but could late interest from Rupert Murdoch scupper the deal?

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

Rebekah Brooks ‘received £7m pay-off’

Latest reports say that Brooks received the pay-off after she resigned from News International last year.

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 7 August, 2012

British hacking police arrest journalist and policeman in dawn raid

The pair were arrested over the suspected bribery of a police officer.

# rupert-murdoch - Sunday 22 July, 2012

From Business ETC Murdoch

Murdoch resigns from boards of UK newspapers

News International sought to play down the development, saying it was “a corporate house-cleaning exercise” prior a planned company split.

The 9 at 9: Sunday

Good morning! Here’s nine things to know before you tuck into your Sunday breakfast.

# rupert-murdoch - Wednesday 4 July, 2012

Glenn Mulcaire must reveal who ordered him to hack phones

Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Mulcaire, who was jailed in 2007 for hacking phone messages, must reveal who ordered him to listen in on the voicemails.

# rupert-murdoch - Sunday 1 July, 2012

The Evening Fix: Sunday

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

# rupert-murdoch - Wednesday 27 June, 2012

From Business ETC News Corp

Murdoch’s News Corp considering plan to split company

Newspaper business could be split into a separate company.

# rupert-murdoch - Thursday 14 June, 2012

Leveson: Brooks texted Cameron ‘We’re definitely in this together’

The inquiry into media ethics in the UK heard evidence from the British Prime Minister today as the close relationship between David Cameron and senior News International figures came under scrutiny.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 11 June, 2012

Leveson: Gordon Brown contradicts Murdoch, criticises The Sun

The former British Prime Minister kicked off a week of senior political witnesses at the inquiry into British media ethics which also heard from current Chancellor George Osborne.

# rupert-murdoch - Friday 8 June, 2012

From Business ETC Leveson

David Cameron to address Leveson inquiry next week

Former PMs Gordon Brown and John Major also lined up to appear at media ethics inquiry.

# rupert-murdoch - Thursday 24 May, 2012

Heard at Leveson: Piers Morgan taught Jeremy Paxman how to hack phones

The tutorial happened at a lunch attended by Ulrika Johnson – who was teased by the tabloid editor about her relationship with the then English football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

Rebekah Brooks and husband to face criminal charges over hacking inquiry

Rebekah and Charlie Brooks have been charged with perverting the course of justice for hindering investigations.

# rupert-murdoch - Thursday 26 April, 2012

Murdoch: Fallout from hacking scandal ‘changed my entire company’

The 81-year-old tells Leveson: “I failed, and I’m sorry about it,” adding later: “We are now a new company altogether.”

Leveson: Rupert Murdoch plays down political influence

News Corp chairman told British inquiry into media ethics that it’s a myth he or his papers carry serious political sway.

# rupert-murdoch - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

Murdoch testimony puts pressure on British government minister

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under pressure to resign following testimony from James Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry yesterday. Rupert Murdoch appears before the media inquiry today.

# rupert-murdoch - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

Rebekah Brooks was hacked by NoTW while editing sister paper The Sun

The Leveson inquiry today heard evidence from one police investigator who said the former News International chief executive was targeted on a weekly basis.

From Business ETC Stepping Down

James Murdoch steps down as executive chair of News International

The son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had been under considerable pressure over the ongoing phone hacking scandal.

# rupert-murdoch - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

Scotland Yard loaned a police horse to Rebekah Brooks

The former editor of the Sun and the News of the World was lent the retired horse for two years by the Metropolitan Police.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 27 February, 2012

The Sun had a ‘culture of illegal payments to sources’ says police chief

The senior police officer leading the phone hacking probe gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics today.

Charlotte Church ‘sickened and disgusted’ by actions uncovered in phone hacking case

The singer has settled her case against publishers of the now-defunct News of the World for £600k and a public apology.

# rupert-murdoch - Sunday 26 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

From Business ETC Sun On Sunday

Sun on Sunday goes on sale in Britain and Ireland

The paper has launched a Sunday edition less than year after News International shut down its Sunday tabloid, the News of The World.

# rupert-murdoch - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin killed in Syria

A French photographer Remi Ochlik is also thought to have died in heavy shelling of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 20 February, 2012

The Sun to launch new Sunday version this weekend

The new paper will fill the gap left when The News of the World closed last summer at the height of the hacking scandal.

# rupert-murdoch - Friday 17 February, 2012

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Friday

In the Fix tonight: Eircom Studyhub hacked; unvouched expenses; and Chris O’Dowd v Miss Piggy…

The 5 at 5: Friday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

From Business ETC Sun On Sunday

Murdoch to staff: ‘Sun on Sunday will launch very soon’

An email sent by Rupert Murdoch to staff at The Sun confirms that far from being closed, the paper will be turning seven-day.

Rupert Murdoch flies to UK to deal with escalating newspaper crisis

A number of senior staff at The Sun have been arrested in recent weeks in connection with payments to public officials.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 6 February, 2012

Crosbie: newspapers should get a slice of any new broadcasting charge

Alan Crosbie is chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, owners of 17 newspapers – he also said new media had capacity “to destroy civil society”.

# rupert-murdoch - Saturday 28 January, 2012

British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe

Four current and former employees of The Sun and one police officer were arrested as part of the investigation into police bribery this morning.

# rupert-murdoch - Monday 23 January, 2012

From Business ETC Sunday Sun

British MP claims ‘Sunday Sun’ to launch in April

Labour MP Tom Watson has made the claim today. News International has declined to comment.

# rupert-murdoch - Friday 20 January, 2012

Politicians, celebs and sports stars among those to settle hacking claims

News International admitted it paid a private investigator to hack phones and blag information about a number of high profile figures in the UK who received compensation yesterday.

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