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Rupert Murdoch: 'I Failed'

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:46:22 CDT

Rupert Murdoch apologized today over the News of the World hacking scandal, admitting "I failed." He said he didn't pay enough attention to the tabloid, calling that lack of attention "an omission by me" during his second day of testimony at the Leveson inquiry into media ethics. "I am very...

James Murdoch Sticks to His Story

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:43:53 CDT

Second verse, same as the first: James Murdoch defended his record at the head of his father's scandal-tarred British newspaper unit before Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry into media ethics today. Murdoch repeated allegations that the now-defunct News of the World's then-editor Colin Myler and the company's former in-house lawyer...

James Murdoch Stepping Down From BSkyB

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:20:24 CDT

Media exec James Murdoch, under pressure over his role in Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal , is stepping down as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting, the Sky News channel reported today. Sky, the news channel of BSkyB, said his resignation would be confirmed later today after an unscheduled board meeting. It...

James Murdoch Resigns From News International

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:54:54 CST

James Murdoch is resigning as executive chairman at News International, the UK publishing arm of his father's News Corp, the company announced today. Murdoch will instead focus on News Corp's international TV business, the AP reports, noting that the younger Murdoch has faced scrutiny during the phone hacking scandal involving...

BSkyB Votes to Keep James Murdoch

Kevin Spak — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:44:57 CST

Looks like the News of the World phone hacking scandal won't cost James Murdoch his spot as chairman of BSkyB. Murdoch sailed through a shareholder vote today, with 81.24% supporting him and 18.76% opposing, the AP reports. "He runs an excellent board," Deputy chairman Nicholas Ferguson told shareholders...

James Murdoch Quits Times , Sun Boards

Matt Cantor — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:14:51 CST

James Murdoch has unexpectedly quit as a director at both the Times and Sun newspapers amid continued phone-hacking fallout. News International CEO Tom Mockridge is taking over Murdoch’s positions, leaving no Murdochs on the British papers’ boards; that prompts London’s Evening Standard to question News Corp’s plans for the flagship...

We Hid Hacking From James Murdoch: NotW Bigwig

Matt Cantor — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:44:56 CST

James Murdoch was telling the truth when he told Britain’s Parliament he didn't know the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World , says the paper’s former head reporter. His subordinates “kept him in the dark,” Neville Thurlbeck—the man seemingly addressed in an email at the center...

Murdoch: I Didn't Lie, Except About That One Thing

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 CST

And so begins the grilling of James Murdoch by Parliament, Round 2. Today's theme: I didn't lie. Murdoch once again insisted that he told the truth in regards to his lack of knowledge about the criminal activity that was happening at News of the World. And he pinned the blame...

Murdoch, Sons Survive Shareholder Vote

John Johnson — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:24:57 CDT

News Corp's shareholder meeting went pretty much as expected: Rupert Murdoch and sons took plenty of heat but survived a long-shot bid to oust them from control, reports the Los Angeles Times . The tally will be released next week, but given that the Murdoch family controls 40% of voting shares,...