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  • 13 Jul 2011

    On the day Rupert Murdoch’s empire withdrew from its bid to takeover BSkyB in the UK, a US Senator has said he suspects News Corp of criminal activity in the USA.

  • 12 Jul 2011

    As News Corporation announces plans to spend $5bn to buy back its shares, Channel 4 News looks at how the past 10 days have highlighted the bizarre corporate structure of the Murdoch Empire.

  • 12 Jul 2011

    News International has hit back at former prime minister Gordon Brown’s claims that journalists at The Sun and The Sunday Times “blagged” his financial, legal and medical information.

  • 11 Jul 2011

    As the News of the World closure fails to quell the phone-hacking controversy at Rupert Murdoch’s News International, Channel 4 News looks at some of the oustanding questions.

  • 11 Jul 2011

    Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been told by police that his bank accounts and his son’s medical records may have been illegally accessed by News International newspapers.

  • 10 Jul 2011

    Sales of the final edition of the News of the World jump 30 per cent as the Sunday tabloid apologises, telling its readers: “Quite simply we lost our way”.

  • 8 Jul 2011

    David Cameron addresses a press conference in the wake of the decision to close the News of the World, telling journalists he would have accepted Rebekah Brooks’s resignation.

  • 7 Jul 2011

    The News of the World is to close because of the phone hacking scandal as the private investigator at the heart of the crisis tells Channel 4 News hack victims were chosen “by committee”.

  • 6 Jul 2011

    Rupert Murdoch is standing by Rebekah Brooks as calls grow for her to resign from News International because of the phone hacking scandal. Add your voice to the live blog.

  • 16 May 2011

    As Boots’ parent company, Boots Alliance, posts increased profits, Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy asks whether it is time the UK taxman took more of a share?

  • 10 May 2011

    The Daily Telegraph has been criticised by the Press Complaints Commission for sending undercover reporters posing as constituents to secretly tape ministers, namely Vince Cable.

  • 10 Apr 2011

    The News of the World prints a public apology to the victims of the phone-hacking scandal, promising to compensate individuals, as Sienna Miller vows to fight the “outrageous abuse” of her privacy.

  • 3 Mar 2011

    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.

  • 3 Mar 2011

    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.

  • 2 Mar 2011

    Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reacts to the rumours that Sky News could be sold and looks at the possible ramifications.