News Corporation
# news-corporation - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Three men arrested in UK bribery inquiry
The two police officers and a journalist were arrested this morning.
# news-corporation - Monday 3 December, 2012
After just 21 months, Rupert Murdoch closes iPad-only paper ‘The Daily’
Analysts say the decision is not surprising as Murdoch’s “bold experiment” did not have enough paying readers to sustain it.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Editor of Irish Sun to leave amid ‘significant changes’
Mick McNiffe, who has edited the paper since 2005, will be replaced – for now – by an assistant editor from the British edition.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
British hacking police arrest journalist and policeman in dawn raid
The pair were arrested over the suspected bribery of a police officer.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Rebekah Brooks and husband to face criminal charges over hacking inquiry
Rebekah and Charlie Brooks have been charged with perverting the course of justice for hindering investigations.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Murdoch “not a fit person” to run Sky – MPs
A House of Commons committee says News International and the News of the World misled it over the phone-hacking scandal.
# news-corporation - Thursday 26 April, 2012
Murdoch: Fallout from hacking scandal ‘changed my entire company’
The 81-year-old tells Leveson: “I failed, and I’m sorry about it,” adding later: “We are now a new company altogether.”
# news-corporation - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
James Murdoch steps down as executive chair of News International
The son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had been under considerable pressure over the ongoing phone hacking scandal.
# news-corporation - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Cherie Blair to sue News Corporation over phone hacking
The wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking legal action against the former publisher of the News of The World newspaper.
# news-corporation - Friday 17 February, 2012
Murdoch to staff: ‘Sun on Sunday will launch very soon’
An email sent by Rupert Murdoch to staff at The Sun confirms that far from being closed, the paper will be turning seven-day.
Rupert Murdoch flies to UK to deal with escalating newspaper crisis
A number of senior staff at The Sun have been arrested in recent weeks in connection with payments to public officials.
# news-corporation - Saturday 11 February, 2012
Five ‘Sun’ journalists arrested in police bribery investigation
Staff at the paper are said to be fearing for their futures after five senior contributors were arrested by London police.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 3 January, 2012
Update: ‘Wendi Deng’ Twitter account revealed as fake
It appeared that Rupert Murdoch’s wife had joined him on the Twitter machine – but the account has been confirmed as a fake.
# news-corporation - Sunday 1 January, 2012
“Vacations great time for thinking”: Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter
The CEO of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, appears to have joined Twitter – a verified account in his name was set up yesterday. But what has he been tweeting about?
# news-corporation - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Watch: Murdoch rejects ‘mafia’ assertion in evidence to MPs
The News Corporation came under heavy attack as he gave more evidence to MPs today.
James Murdoch to appear before MPs to answer more hacking questions
Murdoch is due to answer questions about evidence he gave in July which has subsequently been contradicted.
# news-corporation - Saturday 8 October, 2011
Threat averted: The Simpsons renewed for 2 more years
America’s most famous family is to stick around for a little longer as Fox books season 24 and 25 of the long-running cartoon series.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
James Murdoch faces more questions amid new hacking saga developments
Murdoch junior must answer more questions from MPs, it has emerged, on another day of new developments in the phone hacking saga that has rocked the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corporation.
# news-corporation - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
# news-corporation - Tuesday 6 September, 2011
Former executives challenge Murdochs’ testimony
Four former News International executives have given testimony to the British Parliament’s media committee today that contradicts the Murdochs’ version of events in relation to the phone hacking scandal.
# news-corporation - Thursday 18 August, 2011
Hollywood reporter the thirteenth arrest in phone hacking scandal: report
The arrest of James Desborough is seen as a significant development in the scandal that has rocked the UK establishment.
# news-corporation - Thursday 11 August, 2011
James Murdoch won’t be taking over News Corp, says Rupert
Instead, the current COO Chase Carey – Murdoch’s vice-chairman – would take over “if I went under a bus.”
# news-corporation - Thursday 4 August, 2011
Daily Mail publisher to review procedures following hacking scandal
Meanwhile former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan is under increasing pressure to return home from the US, in the wake of hacking allegations by Heather Mills.
# news-corporation - Friday 29 July, 2011
Comedian ‘Marbles’ convicted over Murdoch pie attack
Jonathan May-Bowles, aka ‘Jonnie Marbles’, pleads guilty to attacking Rupert Murdoch, 80, earlier this month.
# news-corporation - Thursday 28 July, 2011
News of the World targeted phone given to Sara Payne as a gift
Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was abducted and murdered in 2000, wrote a column for the News of the World’s final edition.
# news-corporation - Wednesday 27 July, 2011
Listen: Piers Morgan drawn into hacking scandal after 2009 interview emerges
The TV presenter and former editor has denied any involvement in alleged phone hacking.
# news-corporation - Friday 22 July, 2011
Hacking: How much did James Murdoch know?
Doubt has been cast over key evidence the News International chief gave on Tuesday as one MP says he will ask police to review the matter.
# news-corporation - Wednesday 20 July, 2011
Poll: Do you believe the Murdochs’ claims of ignorance?
Rupert and James Murdoch said they knew little of what went on at the News of the World. Do you believe them?
‘Jonnie Marbles’ charged over Murdoch pie attack
A 26-year-old comedian is accused of ‘harassment’ after the media mogul was smeared with shaving foam yesterday.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 19 July, 2011
LIVEBLOG: Rebekah Brooks before House of Commons select committee
The former chief executive of News International appears before the UK Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport on the phone-hacking scandal in the News of the World.
Watch Rebekah Brooks face questioning over NOTW phone-hacking
A House of Commons committee is asking questions about the phone-hacking affair. Watch it live here.
Rupert and James Murdoch: What they said
The Murdochs apologised to the victims of phone hacking before answering questions regarding the size of payments to former NotW employees Glenn Mulcaire and Clive Goodman – and about Max Mosely’s privacy case against the newspaper.
Watch: Rupert Murdoch says ‘This is the most humble day of my life’
The chairman of News Corporation has been giving evidence to MPs in London regarding the phone hacking scandal.
# news-corporation - Sunday 17 July, 2011
Irish Mail on Sunday editor ‘targeted by Mulcaire NotW phone hacking’
Sebastian Hamilton, the editor of the Irish Mail on Sunday, is one of two MoS figures who may have been targeted.
# news-corporation - Saturday 16 July, 2011
Rupert Murdoch signs public apology public over phone-hacking
A full-page advert in all of today’s British papers says sorry for the “serious wrongdoing that occurred” at NotW.
# news-corporation - Friday 15 July, 2011
Timeline: News of the World hacking scandal
As Rebekah Brooks bows to pressure to resign, take a look back at events leading up to the scandal…
# news-corporation - Thursday 14 July, 2011
Brooks to be questioned by parliament over hacking
But what will Rupert and James Murdoch do?
# news-corporation - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
US senator demands investigation into possible 9/11 phone-hacking
Highly-regarded senator Jay Rockefeller says the fallout from the News of the World raises ‘serious questions’.
# news-corporation - Tuesday 12 July, 2011
MPs to quiz cops on failure to investigate phone-hacking
The assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police will be grilled on why he chose not to reopen inquiries in 2009.
# news-corporation - Monday 11 July, 2011
NotW emails: Police ‘sold royal family’s mobile phone numbers’
Emails discovered in 2007 and handed over to investigators last month claim corruption among police guarding the Royals.




















































