Immigration Reform: Rupert Murdoch and the Fox News Factor
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the brewing battle over a path to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants, Fox News Channel is uniquely positioned to play a make-or-break role. The question is, will it?Advocates …
Eight Charged in Rupert Murdoch Hacking Scandal
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — After more than a year in the headlines, eight of Rupert Murdoch’s reporters and editors in Britain have been charged with hacking the voicemails of more than 600 people over a period of five years — all …
Rupert Murdoch Resigns from Numerous News Corp Boards
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the director of various companies under the News Corp umbrella including The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, according to The Telegraph.Besides quitting several News Corp&rsqu…
News Corporation to Split Its Publishing, Entertainment Divisions
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, the $60 billion media conglomerate, announced Thursday morning that the company would divide its publishing and entertainment divisions into two separate businesse…
Rebekah Brooks to Be Charged in Phone Hacking Case
MAX NASH/AFP/Getty ImagesUPDATE: Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks has been formally charged as part of the phone hacking investigation taking place in Britain.(LONDON) — Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the now-defunct News of the World, will …
Murdoch Unfit to Run News Corp., UK Panel Finds
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — A scathing report from a British parliamentary committee probing phone hacking and other alleged abuses at News Corp. asserts that CEO Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run an international com…
Rupert Murdoch’s Co. and Execs Give Cash to Both Parties
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Across the pond, Brits are focused on the inquiry into the ways that media mogul Rupert Murdoch used his news empire to exert influence on the British government.In the U.S., the open government website Politi…
Rupert Murdoch Apologizes, Claims He Was Victim to Cover Up
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — “All I can do is apologize,” Rupert Murdoch said Thursday as he conceded he could have done more to stop the hacking scandal that has engulfed his media empire and destroyed so many careers.During Br…
Murdoch Denies Influencing Politicians
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Rupert Murdoch appeared before a British inquiry about press standards Wednesday, as the parliamentary committee turned its attention to his political connections rather than the phone-hacking scandal that has r…
Damning Emails Put Murdochs, UK Government Back in Headlines
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — After simmering on the backburner for months, the Murdoch scandal is back on the front pages of London’s newspapers on Wednesday with damning revelations that are igniting a new crisis for British Prime Mi…
Damning Emails Put Murdochs, UK Government Back in Headlines
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — After simmering on the backburner for months, the Murdoch scandal is back on the front pages of London’s newspapers on Wednesday with damning revelations that are igniting a new crisis for British Prime Mi…
James Murdoch Testifies in Leveson Inquiry in UK
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) — Rupert Murdoch and his son James are appearing before a British inquiry about press standards less than a year after being questioned at a parliamentary special committee over evidence of phone hack…
Murdoch Hacking Scandal Comes to America
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The hacking scandal rocking media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids is coming to America. High-profile British attorney Mark Lewis is planning for the first time to sue in the United States on behalf of al…
James Murdoch Steps Down From News International
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) — Rupert Murdoch’s son, James Murdoch, has stepped down from his position as executive chairman of News International, News Corporation’s U.K. publishing unit that has been rocked by a pho…
Police Arrest Employees from Murdoch’s The Sun Newspaper
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Authorities arrested eight people Saturday, including five employees from Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper, in connection to the phone hacking and corruption scandal, according to police and representatives fr…
Jude Law Settles Hacking Suits Against Murdoch’s Corp.
BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Actor Jude Law has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News International over illegal phone hacking allegations.The star of the Sherlock Holmes series and The Holiday is one of dozens of people t…