Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch says police inquiries into journalists "disproportionate"
* Parliament committee recalled Murdoch to clarify evidence
Analysis: Charges unlikely, but Murdoch tape won't help his business case
LONDON/NEW YORK - The recall of Rupert Murdoch to a committee of the British parliament over a secret tape of him dismissing the alleged illegal behavior of his journalists is likely to cause personal embarrassment for the world's most famous media mogul but no criminal charges.
Murdoch's News UK, Dow Jones to move to Shard neighbor
LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said it would move its entire London operations to an office block at the foot of London's Shard, western Europe's tallest skyscraper, marking the first major office letting for the Qatari-owned scheme.
Murdoch's News UK, Dow Jones to move to Shard neighbour
LONDON, July 12 - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said it would move its entire London operations to an office block at the foot of London's Shard, western Europe's tallest skyscraper, marking the first major office letting for the Qatari-owned scheme.
Tribune to separate broadcasting, publishing businesses
- Tribune Co will separate its publishing business from its more-profitable broadcast division, it said on Wednesday, following the path taken by Time Warner Inc and News Corp.
British lawmakers recall Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence
LONDON - British lawmakers said on Tuesday they would recall media mogul Rupert Murdoch to clarify evidence he gave to them last year after he was secretly recorded belittling a police inquiry into alleged crimes committed by journalists on his papers.
Two more journalists from Murdoch's UK titles to be charged
LONDON - The head of news at Rupert Murdoch's British Sun tabloid is to be charged with authorizing illegal payments to police and army officials, prosecutors said on Monday, the latest senior figure from the media mogul's newspapers to face criminal charges.
Murdoch belittled British police in secret recording by staff
LONDON, July 4 - Rupert Murdoch belittled a British police inquiry into bribes allegedly paid by his journalists in a secret recording made by his staff, in sharp contrast to the profuse public apologies he made to defuse anger at news gathering practices.
Free of newspapers, 21st Century Fox shines
- Wall Street rewarded Rupert Murdoch's move to create a separate entertainment company, giving 21st Century Fox one of the richest valuations in the media sector on its first day of trading.
Investors set to weigh benefits of News Corp
July 1 - News Corp and 21st Century Fox will begin trading as two separate companies on Monday, giving investors the choice of a fast-growing entertainment business and a slower-growing but prominent publishing concern.
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Inside Brooks's News of the World
LONDON - "It was the kind of place you get out of and you never want to go back again." That's how one former reporter describes the News of the World newsroom under editor Rebekah Brooks, the ferociously ambitious executive who ran the Sunday tabloid from 2000 to 2003. Full Article


