Jon Snow
The M word and m'learned friend
The issue of Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation is back on the front page. It hasn’t been far from it since he expressed the desire to take over the rest of BSkyB that he does not own.
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Murdoch BSkyB bid referred to Competition Commission
The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt refers the takeover bid for BSkyB to the Competition Commission after News Corp withdraws plans to hive off Sky News.
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Rupert Murdoch facing ‘end game’ as hack scandal worsens
Rupert Murdoch’s biographer tells Channel 4 News the tycoon “is in more trouble than he has ever been in” and questions News Corp’s entire future after another dramatic day in the phone-hack crisis.
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Murdoch’s arrival spurs calls for BSkyB bid delay
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.
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Murdoch expected in UK to tackle crisis
News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is expected to arrive in London to take charge of the growing crisis at News of the World, amid calls for a judge to lead an inquiry into the scandal.
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Murdoch drawn to UK over fears for BSkyB bid
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.
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The day the world ended
News of the World editor Colin Myler tells staff they have made “enormous sacrifices” for their parent company News Corporation, as they prepare the tabloid’s last edition.
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Ofcom ‘should halt Murdoch takeover if necessary’
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.
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Commons clash as BSkyB deal moves closer
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”.
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Government delays BSkyB competition decision
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.
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Impartiality questions over Prime Minister and BSkyB deal
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.
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Vince Cable: I have declared war on Murdoch
The Coalition has “bent over backwards” to keep Vince Cable in Government despite his comments that he had “declared war on Murdoch” over News Corp’s deal to take over BSkyB, writes Gary Gibbon.
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Vince Cable: I have declared war on Murdoch
The Coalition has “bent over backwards” to keep Vince Cable in Government despite his comments that he had “declared war on Murdoch” over News Corp’s deal to take over BSkyB, writes Gary Gibbon.
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Has the Sun dropped page 3 topless pictures?
The Sun newspaper has reportedly stopped publishing photographs of topless women on page 3.
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Computers in bags and texting – phone hacking trial week 11
Almost 50 days in to the “trial of the era”, here are five details we learned this week.
