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The BBC says Newsnight Editor Peter Rippon will “step aside with immediate effect” pending an investigation into the decision to drop the programme’s report into allegations against DJ Jimmy Savile.
The ruckus about why the BBC’s investigation into abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile was dropped, has revealed divisions between editorial staff and the corporation’s management.
As Mark Thompson goes across the pond to spearhead the New York Times digital expansion, MailOnline is the most popular global news site. Channel 4 News asks: have the British got online news right?
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives the Leveson inquiry into media ethics an insight into the level of pressure exerted on his department by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
Following the publication of emails between the culture secretary’s office and News Corp, Jeremy Hunt tells MPs of his “huge regret” after the resignation of his special adviser Adam Smith.
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Rupert Murdoch’s son resigns from News International, publisher of the Sun and the former News of the World – but it will make “no difference” to investigations into the paper, Channel 4 News hears.
Jon Snow
Riots may be dominating the headlines here, but in the USA the investigation into whether News International broke US laws is going full steam ahead as Jon Snow reports from Stateside.
News Corporation reports a rise in its annual profits as Rupert Murdoch says the phone-hacking scandal has had “no material impact on our other operations”.
Gary Gibbon
Our Political Editor trawls through the list of meetings Cabinet Ministers have held with newspaper proprietors since the General Election – and finds some interesting figures.
News Corporation’s marketing arm falls under the scrutiny of the US Justice Department, over allegations that it hacked into the computers of a rival firm.
The Serious Fraud Office confirms it is considering calls for it to launch an investigation into News Corporation.
The FBI is looking at allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp tried to hack into the phone records of 9/11 victims, after growing Senate and Congress calls for an official inquiry.
Rebekah Brooks resigns as Chief Executive of News International after almost two weeks of intense pressure over phone-hacking allegations.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has withdrawn its bid to take over BSkyB. News Corp CEO Chase Carey said it had become “too difficult to progress in this climate”.