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Rupert Murdoch is due in London as the News of the World draws to a close its 168 years in print and a storm brews over News Corporation’s takeover bid for BSkyB.
The Government’s decision on Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of BSkyB could be delayed after a flurry of responses, as the broadcaster’s share price falls in the wake of News of the World hacking claims.
As calls grow for Rebekah Brooks to be sacked, Channel 4 News learns the axing of the News of the World may have “shifted” the fate of Rupert Murdoch’s bid to take full control of BSkyB.
The Government says it is ready to accept the Murdoch-owned News Corporation takeover of BSkyB, but a Labour MP brands the move as a “seedy deal”.
As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives initial approval to News Corp’s plans to take over BSkyB, he tells Channel 4 News the move strengthens safeguards on plurality of media ownership.
Sky News will be spun off by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, allowing the media mogul’s proposed deal to take full control of BSkyB to go ahead with Government backing.
Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reacts to the rumours that Sky News could be sold and looks at the possible ramifications.
Gary Gibbon
A big chunk of News Corps argument that Ofcom’s been unreasonably severe in recommending referral to the Competition Commission is based on whether just because you get a news product from Sky News (like Channel 5 or IRN) doesn’t mean you’re getting Sky’s editorial judgment.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives News Corp more time to meet concerns over its bid to take over BSkyB, as MPs and the deal’s opponents tell Channel 4 News there are still questions to be answered.
The Prime Minister’s private dinner with News Corporation executives raises questions over his impartiality in the light of News Corp’s attempt to take over BSkyB, one MP tells Channel 4 News.
Channel 4 News learns that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is in talks with the government about relinquishing control of Sky News in return for being allowed to buy the remaining part of BSkyB.
The business secretary Vince Cable has referred a proposed buyout of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to the media regulator Ofcom.
Alex Thomson
There are football clubs in England and Scotland who feel it is perfectly normal to ban any journalist guilty of perpetrating journalism they disapprove of.
The acquittals of Rebekah Brooks and five other defendants at the phone hacking trial was good news for Rupert Murdoch. But what, asks Martin Hickman, is the longer-term outlook for his global empire?
“Lesbian Lovers”, Pizzagate and “f****** amateurs” all featured in the latest evidence in the phone hacking trial.