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Hacking report highlights: Execs ‘covered up hacking’, Murdochs ‘ignorant’

By Robert Andrews May. 1, 2012, 8:46am 1 Comment

The former Dow Jones CEO, current New York Daily News editor and ex News International legal manager did mislead the UK parliament in a phone hacking “cover-up”, a report from a committee of 10 cross-party parliamentarians concluded. Read More »

News Corp.'s Sun Wins Appeal: Video On News Sites Won't Be Regulated As VOD

By Ingrid Lunden Dec. 21, 2011, 11:07pm Comments Off

More scrutiny of News Corporation’s UK tabloids by Ofcom… but this time with a good result for the media company. The UK communications re… Read More »

Updated: Hackers Hack The Hackers: LulzSec Takes Down News International

By Ingrid Lunden Jul. 19, 2011, 2:55am Comments Off

With all the attention on News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) and the hacking scandal, it was bound to happen: the homepage of The Sun newspaper, The Time… Read More »

Guardian Retracts Report Sun Used Brown’s Medical Records; Apologizes

By Staci D. Kramer Jul. 15, 2011, 8:36pm Comments Off

The Guardian splashed its July 12 report that remaining News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). tabloid the Sun obtained illegal access to Gordon Brown’s fam… Read More »

News Corp. Still Mum On New Sunday Paper, To Put Fabulous Mag Into The Sun

By Ingrid Lunden Jul. 11, 2011, 12:24am Comments Off

While some of those working on News of the World may have been able to slide in a few barbs against their employer in the final edition of t… Read More »

Murdoch At The Center Of The Story — But Not In Control

By Felix Salmon, Reuters Jul. 8, 2011, 10:20am 1 Comment

For a man who’s spent his entire life in the media business and understands it as well as anybody who’s ever lived, Rupert Murdoch is quite… Read More »