How did Murdoch get into The Indy’s inner sanctum?
Gary Gibbon blogs on the altercation between James Murdoch and Rebekah Wade and the Independent editor Simon Kellner.
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All eyes turn to the arrival in the UK of News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch, who says his first priority is Rebekah Brooks, despite facing mounting pressure to drop his takeover bid for BSkyB.
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.
MPs call for Ofcom to launch an immediate investigation into whether News Corp executives are ‘fit and proper’ people to run BSkyB in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
The position of Rebekah Brooks, News International chief executive and favourite of Rupert Murdoch, has come under increasing scrutiny after the latest phone hacking revelations.
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.
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.
Gary Gibbon blogs on the altercation between James Murdoch and Rebekah Wade and the Independent editor Simon Kellner.
The man at the centre of the phone-hacking inquiry Neville Thurlbeck tells Channel 4 News James Murdoch was “seriously misled by senior executives on the News of the World”.
Glenn Mulcaire, who went to jail over phone-hacking, acted “on the instructions of others” according to his lawyers, as MPs ask News International’s James Murdoch to clarify his evidence in writing.
James Murdoch announces the News of the World is to shut down because of the phone-hacking scandal. He says “wrongdoers turned a good newsroom bad”. See how the story unfolded.
News that George Clooney is to direct a movie about the phone hacking scandal has caused a buzz – but who should he cast? Channel 4 News’ Hayley Barlow has some tongue-in-cheek suggestions.
News of the World editor, lover of Andy Coulson, protegee of Rupert Murdoch – the extent of Rebekah Brooks’s connections with the rich and powerful became clear during the phone-hacking trial.
Tony Blair’s reported words of comfort and advice to Rebekah Brooks just as the News of the World had been accused of hacking into Millie Dowler’s phone will make some feel pretty squeamish.
Rebekah Brooks got advice on handling the phone hacking scandal from former Prime Minister Tony Blair who told her to use sleeping pills, and outlined a media strategy involving investigating herself.
Almost 50 days in to the “trial of the era”, here are five details we learned this week.