ARTICLES RELATING TO RUPERT MURDOCH

Bodyguard charged in phone-hacking probe

2013-05-03 20:24

A security guard for former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice, England's state prosecutors say.

3 charged in UK over royal stories

2013-04-24 21:11

British prosecutors have charged The Sun tabloid's royal editor and two former staff at the military academy where Princes William and Harry trained, over the sale of stories for thousands of pounds.

UK jails two officers for selling stories

2013-03-28 10:06

A former policeman and a prison officer have been jailed for selling information to Britain's biggest-circulation newspaper The Sun.

UK press to 'scrutinise' new regulations

2013-03-19 12:16

Britain's newspapers have vowed to closely scrutinise a deal struck by the main political parties for a tough new press regulator, which they warned threatens 318 years of press freedom.

$2.6bn start for New News Corp

2013-03-10 13:30

The newspaper and publishing unit being spun off by media giant News Corp will begin operations with $2.6bn in cash, according to regulatory documents.

UK police arrest 6 in new hacking probe

2013-02-14 19:52

British police have arrested six former News of the World journalists in a new probe into alleged phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now-closed tabloid, Scotland Yard said.

UK detective on trial over phone hacking

2013-01-07 22:03

A senior British counter-terrorism detective has committed a "gross breach" of public trust by trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

Murdoch iPad daily fails

2012-12-03 22:11

The failure of Rupert Murdoch's pioneering iPad newspaper The Daily underscores the problems of the news industry as it seeks a paid model for the digital age.

Rebekah Brooks given £7m pay-off - report

2012-10-16 10:00

Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks received a pay-off totalling more than £7m following her resignation from Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group, says a report.

UK top cop offered secrets to tabloid

2012-10-01 22:23

The UK hacking scandal's chief suspects were being offered the inside track from the police force that would eventually arrest them.

Brooks in court over phone hacking

2012-09-03 13:00

Rebekah Brooks, a former Rupert Murdoch executive, has appeared in court accused of conspiring to hack the phones of a murdered schoolgirl and hundreds of other high-profile victims.

Murdoch daughter urges morality in media

2012-08-24 08:00

Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Australian-born tycoon Rupert, has urged the media to concentrate on morals as well as profit during a speech to television executives.

Murdoch digital 'newspaper' cuts staff

2012-08-01 14:01

The Daily, a digital-only news publication championed by News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch, is laying off nearly a third of its staff.

Phone hacking: Cameron ex-aide charged

2012-07-24 14:03

British prosecutors have charged Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson and former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with phone hacking.

Murdoch quits boards of UK newspapers

2012-07-23 08:25

Rupert Murdoch has resigned as director of a number of companies behind British newspapers The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, a spokesperson said.

Murdoch resigns from News Corp. subsidiary boards

2012-07-21 22:49

A News International spokeswoman has confirmed that Rupert Murdoch resigned from a number of News Corp. subsidiary boards in Britain and the United States.

Romney needs better to beat Obama: Murdoch

2012-07-02 10:02

Mitt Romney needs a better campaign team if he wants to defeat President Barack Obama in the US election in November, says News Corporation chairperson Rupert Murdoch.

Ex-Murdoch aide in court

2012-06-22 18:55

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers, has appeared in court in connection with charges of covering up the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

Cameron denies deals with Murdoch empire

2012-06-14 13:04

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed claims that his party made covert deals with Rupert Murdoch's media empire as he faces a grilling at Britain's press ethics inquiry.

Brooks gets bail over phone hacking

2012-06-13 15:02

Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, has appeared in court on charges of attempting to cover up evidence of tabloid phone-hacking and has been granted bail.

Brown: Murdoch tabloid undermined war

2012-06-11 17:43

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused a Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid of personally attacking him, failing the British people and undermining the war in Afghanistan.

Lawyer: 500 hacking claims possible

2012-06-02 08:04

A lawyer for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group says the company could face 500 lawsuits from victims of tabloid phone hacking - far more than have so far been filed.

Protester interrupts Blair evidence

2012-05-28 16:03

A protester has been bundled out of a British press ethics inquiry as Tony Blair gave evidence, after bursting in and yelling that the Blair should be arrested for war crimes.

Blair to face press ethics inquiry

2012-05-25 14:00

Former British prime minister Tony Blair will testify at a press ethics inquiry set up following a phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, the inquiry says.

 

UK media reject watchdog plans

2013-04-25 22:33

British newspapers have rejected government plans for a state-backed press watchdog and published their own proposal for self-regulation.

Murdoch blasts 'racist' Australia on visas

2013-04-02 12:04

Global media baron Rupert Murdoch has accused the government of his native Australia of "disgraceful and racist" language over a crackdown on visas for skilled migrants.

UK reassures bloggers on new press rules

2013-03-20 11:00

The UK government has insisted that bloggers and social media posts would not be caught by the new press regulations, but campaigners have warned the rules could be open to interpretation.

4 UK journalists held in hacking probe

2013-03-14 14:55

Four British journalists and former journalists have been arrested as part of an investigation into illegal phone-hacking, police say.

Australia's Fairfax newspapers go tabloid

2013-03-04 11:03

Australian broadsheet newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have ditched their century-old format for tabloid in a major overhaul at ailing media giant Fairfax.

Sun journalist charged with bribery

2013-01-22 16:49

The defence editor of Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun and a former police officer have been charged in connection with the bribing of public officials for information.

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch dies

2012-12-06 11:05

The death of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, a woman almost as old as Australia itself, leaves the nation without its most generous philanthropist and the Murdoch family without its matriarch.

UK lawmakers warn against muzzling press

2012-11-28 15:00

More than 80 British lawmakers have warned against state regulation of newspapers as Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to receive a key report into the phone-hacking scandal.

Ex-Murdoch aide given £7m pay-off

2012-10-16 08:19

Former newspaper chief Rebekah Brooks received a pay-off of more than £7m following her resignation from News International last year, says the Financial Times.

UK phone-hacking trial set for 2013

2012-09-26 15:04

The first trial stemming from the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid is to begin in September 2013, a British judge has ruled.

Murdoch supports Harry over nude pics

2012-08-27 08:50

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has come to the defence of Prince Harry, urging critics to "give him a break" over photographs of him frolicking naked in a hotel suite.

Journalist, policeman held in UK hacking

2012-08-07 15:38

British police have arrested a journalist and a policeman for alleged corruption as a result of information provided by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, says Scotland Yard.

UK reporter held over cellphone thefts

2012-08-01 13:02

Police and News International say a 37-old-year reporter for The Sun tabloid has been arrested in an inquiry into the alleged gathering of data from stolen cellphones.

News Corp unveils education tablet

2012-07-23 21:18

News Corp will launch a new tablet computer with AT&T aimed at the education market to bring "digital innovation" to the classroom.

Murdoch quits boards of British papers

2012-07-22 13:59

News Corp's Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain.

Sun newspaper journalist arrested in UK

2012-07-19 15:02

UK police investigating alleged computer hacking say they have arrested a man in London and Rupert Murdoch's News International media group says he is a journalist for The Sun tabloid.

Rupert Murdoch: Scientologists are evil

2012-07-02 11:40

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has weighed in on the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' divorce, saying he thinks Scientologists are "creepy" and possibly even evil.

News Corporation considers two-way split

2012-06-26 12:00

Australian stock in Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has jumped 2.41% after a report that the company may be split in half.

Murdoch 'pushed Blair on Iraq'

2012-06-16 11:47

Rupert Murdoch took part in an "over-crude" attempt by US Republicans to push Tony Blair into action before the invasion of Iraq, the former British PM's ex-media chief claims.

New reverberations in Rebekah Brooks case

2012-06-13 22:33

Rebekah Brooks, the former top aide to Rupert Murdoch and friend of British premier David Cameron, has been granted bail on charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal.

Murdoch urged Major to change policy

2012-06-12 15:04

Media baron Rupert Murdoch tried to persuade former Conservative Prime Minister John Major to change his policy on Europe in return for support from his newspapers, an inquiry has heard.

Gordon Brown faces press inquiry

2012-06-11 13:00

British ex-premier Gordon Brown has faced a grilling by the press ethics inquiry sparked by the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

Blair admits being too close to Murdoch

2012-05-28 18:11

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has told a press ethics inquiry that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal".

Blair appears at media ethics inquiry

2012-05-28 13:00

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned by an inquiry into media ethics set up to deal with the fallout from the phone hacking scandal at News Corporation.

UK politicians, media had 'incestuous' ties

2012-05-16 20:08

Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former UK minister says.

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