Rupert Murdoch

What Passes for Political Protest These Days?

Caroline Mortimer | Posted 15.09.2011 | UK Politics
Caroline Mortimer

The social media age has in some ways allowed people to have more say in how society's leaders run the country and their businesses, as seen by countless commentators breathlessly extolling the virtues of social media in bringing about the Arab Spring.

When is it Time to Go?

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK
Mark Fletcher-Brown

Most people thought that Rebekah Brooks would have gone a lot earlier than she did. But knowing when to leave is not easy.

Jude Law Accuses The Sun Of Hacking

PA | Posted 15.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION Jude Law is suing The Sun newspaper for alleged phone hacking, it has emerged. The Sherlock Holmes star launched legal proceed...

Hugh Grant's Regret Over Murdoch Movie

Sarah Dean | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK Entertainment

Hugh Grant has confessed that he regrets starring in the comedy Nine Months because the film was distributed by Rupert Murdoch's 20th Century Fox. ...

Murdoch 'Sorry For Serious Wrongdoing' In Newspaper Ad Campaign

The Huffington Post | Michael Rundle | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK

New Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has published a signed apology for "serious wrongdoing" by the News of the World in a series of full-page newspaper adve...

A News Corporation Without Newspapers?

Stephen Canning | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK Politics
Stephen Canning

With his newspapers under growing scrutiny, financial and media analysts are speculating about whether Murdoch might be compelled to cut them loose in order to protect his other, more lucrative interests such as Fox Television and 20th Century Fox.

Rupert Murdoch Apologises To Milly Dowler's Family

PA | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Rupert Murdoch has met Milly Dowler's family as he stepped up efforts to stem the damage caused by the News of the World hacking ...

Rupert Murdoch And News International Papers Apologise After News Of The World Phone Hacking Scandal

Posted 14.09.2011 | UK

Rupert Murdoch will place a signed advert in many of the UK's national papers tomorrow apologising for the furore after the News of the World phone ha...

William, Kate, and the Murdoch Mess

Christopher Wilson | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK
Christopher Wilson

Mr Murdoch cares little for royalty, nor they for him. No doubt he relished the Sun's publication of the Camillagate tapes back in 1993, and sees the latest developments merely as déjà vu.

R.I.P. News Of The World

Jonty Langley | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK
Jonty Langley

News of the World may have hacked people's voicemail, but its real crime was the elevation of tawdry gossip to the status of news and the radical simplification of real news to the level of gossip.

Murdoch Interview: We Will Not Sell Off UK Papers

The Huffington Post | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

Rupert Murdoch has given his first full interview since the phone hacking scandal engulfed News International. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal,...

NOTW Editor Was Paid Consultant For Met

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Former-News of the World Deputy Editor Neil Wallis, who was arrested over phone hacking at the News of the World on Thursday, was...

Slideshow: The Rise Of Rupert Murdoch's Empire

Olivia Williams | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

As the phone hacking crisis threatens to engulf Rupert Murdoch's global empire, we take a look back at how it all began and his history of rubbing sho...

Murdochs Relent And Agree To Attend MPs Phone Hacking Grilling

Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, News Corp Europe chief James Murdoch and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will all attend a parlia...

The Rise and Fall of Rupert Murdoch

Callum Jones | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK
Callum Jones

The towers of News Corporation are crashing down around Rupert Murdoch at the moment. The company was built here in Britain using hard-hitting scandals in newspapers, and it's a tad ironic that it's exactly the same thing that's brought its owner down on his knees.

What's the Future Of Journalism?

Omar Shahid | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Politics
Omar Shahid

What's the future of journalism given the hacking scandal, and the rise and rise of blogs? Omar Shahid and Rizwan Syed find out. As aspiring journali...

Menezes Family 'May Have Been Hacked' By Mulcaire

The Huffington Post | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian man shot by police at Stockwell tube station in 2005, have learned that their phones may have been...

Brown 'Warned, Not Blocked,' Over Launching Hacking Inquiry

PA | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK Politics

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell warned ex-PM Gordon Brown that a phone hacking inquiry would be open to legal challenge, docu...

The Sun has Painted Itself into a Corner Over the Gordon Brown Medical Records

Chris Atkins | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Politics
Chris Atkins

I secretly filmed tabloid journalists trying to buy medical records two years ago, and The Sun's claim that it based it's story on a member of the pub...

Rebekah Brooks To Appear Before MPs Over Phone Hacking Scandal

Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will attend a parliamentary select committee to take questions on the phone hacking scandal next wee...

Nick Clegg: Rupert Murdoch Still Has Questions To Answer

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Politics

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said there are "big questions" over whether Rupert Murdoch's company is a fit and proper owner for a television c...

MPs To Decide Whether To Summon Rebekah Brooks

The Huffington Post | Dina Rickman | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Politics

MPs will today decide whether to use parliamentary powers to force beleaguered News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to attend a parliamen...

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.

Michael Rundle

Brown Attacks 'Criminal-Media Nexus' In Phone Hacking Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacked what he called the "criminal-media nexus" in a remarkable 32-minute speech in parliament during the Common...

Miliband vs. Murdoch: Why The News of The World's Closure Could Spell Disaster for Labour's Leader

Chantelle Osili | Posted 11.09.2011 | UK Politics
Chantelle Osili

It's fair to say that the strength of Ed Miliband's attack on News International during last Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions caught most political spectators by surprise. Amidst headlines of scandal and skulduggery, the Labour leader took a calculated risk to challenge the most powerful man in media. Could Miliband's surprising show of principles mark the beginning of a power shift - and a possible turnaround in his fortunes?