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UK lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead News Corp
Fp Archives •News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch is unfit to lead his global media empire, an influential group of British lawmakers said Tuesday. In a scathing report, the lawmakers said his company misled Parliament about the scale of phone hacking at one of its tabloids.

Murdoch blames News of the World for phone-hacking
Fp Staff •Rupert Murdoch called his News of the World tabloid an "aberration", blaming journalists for hiding a phone-hacking culture from himself, his son James and his protegee Rebekah Brooks, and saying he wished he had shut it down sooner.

UK regulator investigating Sky News for email hacking
Fp Archives •Britain's broadcast regulator says it's investigating email hacking at Rupert Murdoch's Sky News channel.

James Murdoch quits as BSkyB chairman
Fp Archives •James Murdoch resigned as chairman of BSkyB on Tuesday to prevent his links to a tabloid phone-hacking scandal from undermining the pay TV group.

James Murdoch finally admits defeat in hacking battle
Fp Archives •James Murdoch resigned on Tuesday as chairman of BSkyB, saying he did not want to damage the company any further by the intense scrutiny surrounding his role in a phone-hacking scandal that has convulsed his father's media empire.

Pay TV piracy charges: Murdoch's empire strikes back
Anderson •Rupert Murdoch, his lieutenants and his newspapers are all aggressively fighting back at allegations of facilitating piracy via a pay TV subsidiary. It is a key test of whether Murdoch can still rely on power and cash to quiet critics.

Murdoch hangs on as chairman of BSkyB amid dissent
Fp Archives •James Murdoch was dealt a heavy blow on Tuesday with over 40 percent of independent shareholders failing to back his re-election as chairman of pay-TV group BSkyB.

Murdoch pays millions to family of murdered school girl in hacking scandal
Anderson •Rupert Murdoch's embattled British newspaper group, News International, has agreed to pay the eye-watering sum of £2m to the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler in connection with the British phone hacking scandal.

British PM fights back in hacking scandal
Anderson •Cameron repeatedly pushed back against charges that he had a cosy relationship with Murdoch and his lieutenants, saying that both parties have been too close to the media baron.

Murdochs in the dock: When mighty eat the humble pie
Fp Archives •Murdochs faced a rather dramatic British Parliamentary Committee today, which is investigating the phone hacking scandal. The hearing was interrupted when an unidentified intruder tried to shove a pie in Rupert Murdoch's face.



