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News Corp Posts $1.6B Loss

UK scandal hits Murdoch firm's bottom line

(Newser) - Divorce doesn't come cheap: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has posted a hefty quarterly loss of $1.6 billion, mainly because of its plans to split its profitable entertainment businesses from its ailing publishing arm . The company cut $2.8 billion from the value of its publishing businesses, with...

Why Rupert Murdoch Quit Several Top Positions

News Corp chief's job may be 'fragile': Howard Kurtz

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has resigned from the boards of several companies that control his newspapers, as the Telegraph reported—but why? News Corp called it “nothing more than a corporate housecleaning exercise," but Howard Kurtz writes this at The Daily Beast : "Don't buy it." Besieged by...

Newspaper &#39;Spiked Story&#39; on Arthur C. Clarke&#39;s Pedophilia
NOTW 'Spiked Story' on Murdoch Pal's Pedophilia
book says
Jul 7, 2012 4:31 PM CDT

NOTW 'Spiked Story' on Murdoch Pal's Pedophilia

Author Arthur C. Clarke: 'It is OK' when 'they have reached ... puberty'

(Newser) - The News of the World killed an exclusive story on science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke's pedophilia because he was a friend of owner Rupert Murdoch, according to a new book. Graham Johnson, then reporting at the now-defunct newspaper, recounts in Hack how editors who normally outed pederasts made an...

Why Murdoch, Ailes Are No Romney Fans

Romney 'too soft' for News Corp honcho, NYT reveals

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has never been a big fan of Mitt Romney, and the lukewarm feeling is mutual, the New York Times finds. On Romney's two visits to the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal—which printed a scathing attack on the "confused" Romney campaign yesterday—there was...

News Corp Confirms It Will Split

Rupert Murdoch will chair both companies; investors celebrate

(Newser) - News Corp is confirming that the media behemoth will split in two, allowing its more profitable entertainment properties to break free of its less profitable publishing ones, reports the Wall Street Journal —which itself is on the publishing half of that divide. "We will wow the world as...

This Is Humbling Day for Murdoch
This Is 
 Humbling 
 Day for  
 Murdoch 
michael wolff
Jun 26, 2012 3:30 PM CDT

This Is Humbling Day for Murdoch

Michael Wolff: News Corp's move to spin off print must sting

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch has had some lousy days of late, but it's a safe bet that today is the worst of all. In fact, reports that his News Corp might spin off print operations from its more lucrative entertainment side could make this "the most humble day" of his...

Murdoch Contemplates Splitting Up News Corp

Separating publishing would make other media more profitable

(Newser) - After resisting investors' pressure for years, Rupert Murdoch is finally considering splitting his News Corp. media empire in two, dividing publishing and the company's other, more lucrative media units, reports the Wall Street Journal . The Murdoch family would likely maintain its control of both companies, similar to Sumner Redstone'...

Murdoch to Romney: Stop 'Playing It Safe'

Grumpy mogul complains Mitt doesn't 'look like a challenger'

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is flummoxed by Mitt Romney's campaign. "When is Romney going to look like a challenger?" he said yesterday in a tweet spotted by Mediaite . "Seems to play everything safe, make no news except burn off Hispanics." This shouldn't be so hard, the media...

Rupert Murdoch Lobbied UK for Republicans: 'Invade Iraq'

Tony Blair took "over-crude" call from News Corp owner

(Newser) - The owner of Fox News personally lobbied then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair to invade Iraq sooner rather than later, according to a journalist's diary. Rupert Murdoch reportedly made the 2003 call to Blair's cell phone, "pressing on timings" and promising News International would support the war, writes...

Ex-Cameron Aide Detained Over Alleged Perjury

Andy Coulson detained in Scottish case with ties to phone hacking scandal

(Newser) - The former top media adviser to UK Prime Minister David Cameron was detained today on suspicion of perjury in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker—the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers. Andy Coulson, 44, was detained by Scottish police at his home in...

Blair Heckled at Media Ethics Inquiry

Shouted 'this man should be arrested for war crimes'

(Newser) - Former British PM Tony Blair is getting grilled today at the Leveson Inquiry about his ties to Rupert Murdoch while he was leading the country, reports Sky News . And thus far, the most dramatic moment comes compliments of a heckler, who managed to get through a secure corridor and into...

Coming Soon: Rebekah Brooks, the Movie

Fallen News Corp exec to get Hollywood treatment

(Newser) - Rebekah Brooks, the woman who ran Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper unit and is now facing criminal charges in its phone-hacking scandal, is going Hollywood. But not exactly in a good way. A new studio called BiteSize Entertainment is developing a feature film about Brooks and her fall from power,...

Sen. Rockefeller Seeks Murdoch Evidence

He asks British inquiry for proof of any wrongdoing in US

(Newser) - Sen. Jay Rockefeller has stepped up his efforts to find out if Rupert Murdoch's News Corp broke American laws in the British phone-hacking scandal. The West Virginia Democrat, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, has asked Lord Leveson, head of the British inquiry into the scandal, to turn over...

Murdoch 'Not Fit' to Lead News Corp: UK Lawmakers

Committee's decision could force Murdoch to sell off BSkyB stake

(Newser) - A group of British lawmakers has concluded that Rupert Murdoch is not fit to lead his own media empire: Parliament's Culture, Media, and Sport Committee released a report the AP calls "scathing," accusing Murdoch of misleading Parliament about the extent of the phone hacking scandal at his...

Rupert Murdoch: &#39;I Failed&#39;
 Rupert Murdoch: 'I Failed'
uk inquiry
Apr 26, 2012 7:46 AM CDT

Rupert Murdoch: 'I Failed'

News Corp mogul continues Leveson testimony

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch apologized today over the News of the World hacking scandal, admitting "I failed." He said he didn't pay enough attention to the tabloid, calling that lack of attention "an omission by me" during his second day of testimony at the Leveson inquiry into media...

Murdoch&#39;s News Corp Wanted Editors to Lobby
Murdoch's News Corp
Wanted Editors to Lobby
propublica
Apr 25, 2012 6:30 PM CDT

Murdoch's News Corp Wanted Editors to Lobby

Emails show execs considered idea amid B-Sky-B deal: ProPublica

(Newser) - In his testimony before a government panel in Britain today, Rupert Murdoch insisted that his News Corp "never pushed our commercial interests in our newspapers." But as ProPublica reports, the company at least entertained the idea of using the top editors at two leading papers—Wall Street Journal ...

Murdoch Talks Hacking, Thatcher, Porcupine Sex

Leveson inquiry gets interesting

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is appearing before Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry into media ethics today, and in the absence of pies , we'll just give you the more colorful bits. (Click to see what son James said yesterday .)
  • A lunch meeting Murdoch had with then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher—
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James Murdoch Sticks to His Story

Continues to pin blame on subordinates during UK inquiry

(Newser) - Second verse, same as the first: James Murdoch defended his record at the head of his father's scandal-tarred British newspaper unit before Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry into media ethics today. Murdoch repeated allegations that the now-defunct News of the World's then-editor Colin Myler and the company'...

Gingrich: 'CNN Is Less Biased Than Fox'

Newt claims Fox News has been shilling for Romney all along

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is not happy with his former employer , Fox News, which he accused yesterday of backing Mitt Romney since the beginning of the Republican nomination race. "Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than Fox this year," he said at a private meeting of Delaware...

Brit Hacking Scandal Hits US
 Brit Hacking Scandal Hits US 
Apr 12, 2012 3:39 AM CDT

Brit Hacking Scandal Hits US

Lawyer planning US lawsuits on behalf of hacked celebs

(Newser) - The lawyer who spearheaded efforts to expose phone hacking at Britain's News of the World is on his way to the US, and American lawsuits are expected to follow. Mark Lewis plans to explore American law as it relates to phone hacking, and to file at least three lawsuits...

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