In Interview, Murdoch Defends News Corp.
In his first significant public comments on the tabloid newspaper scandal that has engulfed his media empire, News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch vigorously defended the company’s handling of the crisis but said it would establish an independent committee to “investigate every charge of improper conduct.”
In an interview, Mr. Murdoch said News Corp. has handled the crisis “extremely well in every way possible,” making just “minor mistakes.”
News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal.
The six-year saga centers on dubious reporting tactics at the company’s News of the World tabloid in the U.K., a controversy that in recent days has prompted the company to both shutter the paper and abandon one of its biggest deals ever – its attempt to take full control of pay-TV company British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC.
