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Is this the beginning of the end of Murdoch’s UK presence?
As Rupert Murdoch withdraws his bid for BSkyB in the face of mounting political pressure, Political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the future landscape for media ownership.
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The mogul was “humbled” and held his head in his hands as he apologised to the Dowlers. In another dramatic day in the phone hacking scandal, Rebekah Brooks has resigned from News International.
Rebekah Brooks resigns as Chief Executive of News International after almost two weeks of intense pressure over phone-hacking allegations.
An influential investor in BSkyB tells our Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy that an increasing number of shareholders are calling for James Murdoch to step down as the company’s chairman.
A defiant Rupert Murdoch says he will challenge some of the “total lies” said in Parliament as he and his son are summoned to appear before MPs.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg calls for Rupert Murdoch to appear before MPs to answer questions about the phone-hacking scandal.
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.
As Rupert Murdoch withdraws his bid for BSkyB in the face of mounting political pressure, Political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the future landscape for media ownership.
As an MP calls for proper regulation of private detectives in the wake of the phone-hack revelations, one investigator tells Channel 4 News about the inner workings of his shadowy trade.
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.
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.
“As I spent most of the time in the rainforests of Central America, I can’t quite be sure whether I’ve come from or returned to some sort of banana republic.”
Is Wednesday ‘D-Day’ in the phone-hacking scandal, with the possibility of Ed Miliband squaring up to David Cameron over the issue in the House of Commons?
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.
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.
Senior Met police officers, past and present, have accused News International of failing to cooperate with the phone-hacking inquiry.