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Rupert Murdoch Has Made Me Feel Optimistic

David Babbs | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK Politics
David Babbs

It feels like the public is finding its voice during this crisis. We've responded differently to how we did during the banking crisis or the MP expenses scandal. The mood has somehow felt different. There has been less resignation, less hopeless cynicism, and more appetite for action.

News Corp Withdraws BSkyB Bid

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK

News Corp has withdrawn its £8.7bn bid for BSkyB, it was announced on Wednesday. The shock withdrawal of the bid represents a massive defeat for M...

News of the What: Thank You and Get-the-Heck-out you Ruthless Rupert

Jide Rotilu | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK
Jide Rotilu

After years of scandal after scandal, the News of The World seized publication amid its own home made scandal. For 168 years, they have entertained us...

LISTEN: Sunday Times Conman Blags Brown's Details On Tape

The Guardian | The Guardian | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK

"In January 2000 a conman working for the Sunday Times, Barry Beardall, tricked staff at solicitors, Allen & Overy, into handing over information abou...

Jeremy Hunt Tells Commons He Is Referring BSkyB Bid To Competition Commission

Posted 10.09.2011 | UK

Jeremy Hunt's statement to the Commons: Mr Speaker the events of last week shocked the nation. Our proud tradition of journalism, which for centuri...

Clegg: Murdoch Must 'Do The Decent Thing' On BskyB

Press Association | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called on Rupert Murdoch to "do the decent thing" and reconsider his BSkyB bid. Mr Clegg'...

Pressure Escalates Over BSkyB Bid

PA | Posted 09.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Government is facing mounting pressure to freeze Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of BSkyB as the phone hacking scandal thre...

News International: Let's Face the Facts

Callum Jones | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK Politics
Callum Jones

Let's be honest- BSkyB is what this all is about. It is why Rupert Murdoch has flown in to the country, it is why News International keeps on emphasising that a lot has changed in the four years since it last hacked into someone's personal voice messages.

Labour 'To Try And Halt BskyB Takeover', Could Have Cross-Party Support

The Huffington Post | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.09.2011 | UK

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Simon Hughes today indicated he would vote with Labour to try and halt News Corp's takeover of BSkyB until the criminal...

Murdoch: Closing NOTW Was A Collective Decision

Posted 08.09.2011 | UK

Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp Chief Executive, has said the decision to close his paper News of The World was a "collective decision", as he prepares ...

Michael Rundle

Decision on BSkyB Takeover Could Take Weeks After Surge In Online Campaigning

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.09.2011 | UK

A final decision on whether News Corp will be allowed to complete its take-over of BSkyB will take several weeks, the government has said, after Cultu...

News Corp: A Good Empire

James Moran | Posted 06.09.2011 | UK Comedy
James Moran

No matter how insane and evil publications like News of the World appear to be -- according to "the facts" -- we can rest easy that noble News Corp empire is about to become a lot more powerful, thanks to Jeremy Hunt.