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Paul Sonne and Jeanne Whalen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 1 at 4:37 am PT
The U.K. parliamentary committee probing illicit voicemail interception by News Corp.’s shuttered News of the World tabloid released a final report Tuesday concluding that News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” and accusing several former company executives of misleading parliament.
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Paul Sonne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 24 at 10:45 am PT
James Murdoch faced tough questions about News Corp.’s political influence in Britain — especially with a key government minister — and his handling of a scandal over illicit reporting tactics at the company’s British tabloids, during a public grilling before a judge-led inquiry into U.K. media practices.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 3 at 6:36 am PT
Press release: Post-BSkyB, James will make “continued substantial contributions” at Rupert’s company.
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Peter Kafka in Media on April 3 at 5:28 am PT
More fallout from PhoneGate: News Corp. executive James Murdoch is stepping down as chair of British Sky Broadcasting, the U.K. satellite TV company, according to a
report from BSkyB’s news service. Both Murdoch and News Corp., which owns 39 percent of BSkyB,
continue to be embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal that erupted last summer. News Corp. also owns Dow Jones, which owns this Web site.
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Peter Kafka in Media on February 29 at 6:16 am PT
More fallout from PhoneGate: News Corp. executive James Murdoch has “relinquished his position” as executive chairman head of News International, the conglomerate’s British newspaper unit. News Corp., which also owns this Web site, says News International chief executive Tom Mockridge will stay on and report to News Corp. chief operating officer Chase Carey. James Murdoch “will continue to assume a variety of essential corporate leadership mandates, with particular focus on important pay-TV businesses and broader international operations,” according to his father, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch.
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Peter Kafka in Media on November 10, 2011 at 3:57 am PT
James Murdoch, News Corp.’s deputy chief operating officer, is once again testifying before the U.K. Parliament about his role in this summer’s PhoneGate scandal. Lawmakers are accusing Murdoch — who at one point had been the presumed successor to his father, Rupert — of not being truthful during
the two men’s July appearance. You can watch the event live via this
Webcast; News Corp. also owns this Web site.
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Cassell Bryan-Low, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on November 2, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Newly released documents show that an outside lawyer for News Corp. in 2008 warned of a “culture of illegal information access” at the company’s News of the World newspaper, raising new questions about News Corp.’s longtime assertion that it was unaware of how widespread phone hacking was at the now-closed tabloid.
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Cassell Bryan-Low, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 19, 2011 at 10:45 am PT
Testimony at a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday raised new questions about the evidence News Corp. deputy chief operating officer James Murdoch has given lawmakers in an ongoing phone-hacking inquiry, a development that comes just days ahead of a shareholder vote over governance at the company.
