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Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp chairman
Rupert Murdoch’s many critics blame him for coarsening British culture, exercising undue political influence and overseeing criminality in the form of phone hacking.
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What does the phone-hacking trial mean for News Corp?
The acquittals of Rebekah Brooks and five other defendants at the phone hacking trial was good news for Rupert Murdoch. But what, asks Martin Hickman, is the longer-term outlook for his global empire?
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Murdoch’s iPad paper folds as News Corp prepares for split
Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper for the iPad era, The Daily, shuts after less than two years, as News Corporation also announces the departure of Tom Mockridge from News International.
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Hunt’s sympathy for ‘pushy’ News Corp
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives the Leveson inquiry into media ethics an insight into the level of pressure exerted on his department by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
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Leveson inquiry: News Corp’s close links to Downing St
On the day David Cameron announced the establishment of an inquiry into media ethics in the midst of the phone hacking scandal, his communications director had dinner with a News Corp lobbyist.
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Hunt ‘asked for News Corp advice’ over phone-hacking
Leveson: a News Corp lobbyist’s email suggests that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt asked him for private advice about the government’s stance on phone-hacking.
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Jeremy Hunt: tone of News Corp emails ‘not appropriate’
Following the publication of emails between the culture secretary’s office and News Corp, Jeremy Hunt tells MPs of his “huge regret” after the resignation of his special adviser Adam Smith.
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Murdoch’s News Corp accused of hacking TV rivals
There are calls for investigations in Britain and Australia into claims that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp engaged in piracy to undermine pay-TV companies.
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News Corp annual profits rise
News Corporation reports a rise in its annual profits as Rupert Murdoch says the phone-hacking scandal has had “no material impact on our other operations”.
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News Corp’s US marketing group suspected of hacking
News Corporation’s marketing arm falls under the scrutiny of the US Justice Department, over allegations that it hacked into the computers of a rival firm.
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Fraud Office considering investigation into News Corp
The Serious Fraud Office confirms it is considering calls for it to launch an investigation into News Corporation.
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FBI to investigate Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp
The FBI is looking at allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp tried to hack into the phone records of 9/11 victims, after growing Senate and Congress calls for an official inquiry.
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News Corp withdraws BSkyB bid
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”.
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US politicians urge criminal investigation of News Corp
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.
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Murdoch plans News Corp share buy-back scheme
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.