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David Cameron: 'I Don't Regret' Giving Jeremy Hunt Oversight Of BSkyB

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2012

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LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he had no regrets about his decision to put Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt in charge of decidi...

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New Allegations Against Embattled 'Minister For Murdoch'

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2012

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LONDON (AP) — A British minister in the hot seat for his alleged close ties to Rupert Murdoch's media empire did lobby Prime Minister David Cameron ...

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BSkyB Launches Sky News Arabia

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

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* Sky News Arabia entering crowded broadcast field * Channel vows impartiality in area known for state control * Big dem...

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BSkyB Distances Itself From Murdoch

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.03.2012

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LONDON — Not fit to run a major company. It is a damning judgment on Rupert Murdoch, a threat to his British assets – and a headache for B...

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WATCH: UK PM Under Heavy Fire Over Murdoch

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

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By Mohammed Abbas LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron defended his embattled culture minister on Monday,...

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David Cameron Denies Making 'Grand Bargain' With Murdochs

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2012

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* Conservative support slumps to lowest since 2004 * Cameron denies offering BSkyB favours to media tycoon * Cardinal sa...

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Embattled Minister Makes Big Concession As Murdoch Scandal Rages

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 04.27.2012

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LONDON (AP) — Britain's culture secretary said Friday he will disclose all the texts and emails he sent to a special adviser who resigned after it w...

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UK Regulator Investigating Sky News Over Hacking

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 04.23.2012

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LONDON (AP) — Britain's broadcast regulator announced Monday it was investigating email hacking by Rupert Murdoch's Sky News, only minutes before th...

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James Murdoch Steps Down As BSkyB Chair

AP | ROBERT BARR and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.03.2012

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LONDON — Once his father's heir apparent, James Murdoch stepped down Tuesday as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting, surrendering one of the bi...

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UK Media Regulator Weighing Whether To Strip Murdoch Of BSkyB

AP | Posted 05.09.2012

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LONDON (AP) — Britain's communications regulator said Friday it is continuing to monitor allegations of phone hacking and bribery at Rupert Murdoch'...

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Netflix Gets New Competitor In Britain

Reuters | Kate Holton | Posted 04.01.2012

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By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - BSkyB, Britain's dominant pay-TV group, is to launch an online offering to enable it to better take o...

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James Murdoch Re-Elected As BSkyB Chairman

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 11.29.2011

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James Murdoch has been re-elected as chairman of BSkyB, after the British broadcasting company held its annual meeting on Tuesday. Murdoch faced ca...

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BSkyB Profit Up

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 12.19.2011

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LONDON — British Sky Broadcasting PLC, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has a large minority stake, saw its first quarter profits rise furth...

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UK Pols Try To Prevent Murdoch Renewing BSkyB Bid

The Guardian | Polly Curtis | Posted 10.29.2011

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Labour is trying to secure cross-party support for an emergency change in the law to prevent News Corporation from renewing its bid to take full owner...

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Sources: James Murdoch To Stay On As BSkyB Chairman

Reuters | Georgina Prodhan | Posted 09.27.2011

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By Georgina Prodhan LONDON, Jul (Reuters) - James Murdoch is to stay on as chairman of BSkyB after the British satellite broadcaster's board voted ...

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From DSK to BSkyB: Media Takeaways From the Latest Round of Scandals

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.19.2011

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It's worth noting that the media organization at the center of the phone hacking scandal unfolding in the UK isn't some new media upstart or unsupervised blogger of the sort the traditional media are always wringing their hands over.

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UK Prime Minister Calls For Emergency Session Of Parliament In Wake Of Phone Hacking Scandal

AP | JILL LAWLESS and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 09.17.2011

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LONDON — Scotland Yard's assistant commissioner resigned Monday, a day after his boss also quit, and fresh investigations of possible police wro...

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Murdoch's Empire Is Collapsing: What Is Next?

Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 09.17.2011

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It is relatively safe to assume that Murdoch's empire will very soon be history. But the question is, what might replace the vacuum that will emerge in its wake? The histories of imperial collapse offer some insight.

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Rupert Murdoch, News Corp Drop Bid For BSkyB

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.12.2011

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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. withdrew its $12 billion bid for BSkyB, the lucrative satellite broadcaster, on Wednesday. The withdrawal represented ...

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Hacking Scandal Widens

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.10.2011

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The hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's British media empire widened dramatically on Monday, as new reports emerged that papers beyond the Ne...

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Closure Of Paper Brings No Relief To Murdoch As Pressure Mounts On All Sides

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.10.2011

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The scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's British media empire has not lessened, even after the paper at the center of the controversy was closed for g...

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Murdoch's BSkyB Bid In Peril

Reuters | Posted 09.09.2011

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By Paul Sandle LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - British government lawyers are drawing up plans to block Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy out the broadca...

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Murdoch BSkyB Takeover Given Green Light By UK Government

AP | Posted 08.30.2011

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LONDON — The British government has given qualified approval to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to take full control of satellite broadcaster Britis...

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Investors Put Murdoch In A Bind, Push BSkyB Value Skyward

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch turns 80 today, and he finds himself tantalizingly close to closing a deal that would take his media empire to new heights. But he may have to pay dearly for it.

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News Corp Takeover Of BSkyB Approved By UK Government

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's global media empire is poised to grow ever bigger after the British government approved plans by News Corp. to buy ful...

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