Murdoch faces MPs – again
As Rupert Murdoch faces MPs 30 years after his last appearance, Gary Gibbon asks if today’s test will go so well?
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As Rupert Murdoch faces MPs 30 years after his last appearance, Gary Gibbon asks if today’s test will go so well?
Rupert Murdoch and his son James have apologised for the phone-hacking scandal while giving evidence to MPs. The session was briefly interrupted by a protester attempting to attack the pair.
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks expresses her ‘ultimate’ regret over her company’s slow response to the phone hacking crisis but denies she knew of any impropriety on her watch.
The “most humble” day of Rupert Murdoch’s life, apologies, regret, revelations and foam pie. As MPs grilled the key players in the phone-hack crisis, here’s how the day unfolded – start at the bottom.
A full page apology from Rupert Murdoch has been published in newspapers, as the scandal spreads to the US where former News International head, Les Hinton quit his post as CEO of the Dow Jones.
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson stayed with Prime Minister David Cameron at Chequers in March, several weeks after he quit as the PM’s communications chief over phone-hacking allegations.
Reaction and analysis as Rebekah Brooks quits News International over phone-hacking, plus the rest of the day’s developments. Add your voice to the live blog or on Twitter #c4news.
Rebekah Brooks resigns as Chief Executive of News International after almost two weeks of intense pressure over phone-hacking allegations.
Is this what they always thought but never said? What they now think after thinking something different before? Or just what they think we think? It has been thoroughly confusing watching MP’s declare victory over Rupert Murdoch. A victory for parliament, they call it. That remains to be seen.
David Cameron joins the Liberal Democrats in support of Labour’s motion calling on Rupert Murdoch to drop his takeover of BSkyB in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has withdrawn its bid to take over BSkyB.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”.
Rupert Murdoch has been urged to abandon his takeover bid for BSkyB after it emerged that all three main parties will back a call for him to drop his plans.
Rupert Murdoch withdraws his BSkyB takeover bid as David Cameron vows to end the “ugly chapter” of phone hacking. Here’s how the day unfolded.
David Cameron sets out an independent inquiry into phone hacking led by Lord Justice Leveson, saying that anyone involved in illegal activity, however high up, must play no part in the UK media.
The former prime minister says he is “shocked” by the apparent behaviour of News International journalists who accessed his legal and bank files, as well as obtaining details of his son’s illness.