News International

Andy Coulson Arrested, Charged With Perjury

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.30.2012

LONDON (AP) — The former top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron was arrested and charged with perjury Wednesday in the trial of a flamboy...

Murdoch Denies Trying To Sell Off UK Titles

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest o...

Rebekah Brooks Charged Over Phone Hacking

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.15.2012

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper wing and a key figure in the phone hacking crisis, is to face criminal charges o...

Rebekah Brooks To Learn If She'll Be Charged In Phone Hacking Scandal

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

LONDON (AP) — Former News of the World editor and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will learn Tuesday whether she faces charges ste...

UK PM Drawn Back Into Phone Hacking Controversy

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.09.2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron has been drawn back into the phone hacking scandal once more, as a new biography claims that he texted former New...

Senator Asks Leveson If News Corp. Violated US Law

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.02.2012

The head of the Senate committee overseeing the media has written to the Leveson inquiry about any possible violations of U.S. law by Rupert Murdoch's...

Jack Mirkinson

Rupert Murdoch: 'I Failed'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.26.2012

Rupert Murdoch told the Leveson inquiry on Thursday that there had been a "cover-up" at the News of the World, but claimed that he was a victim rather...

Rupert Murdoch's Historic Appearance Before The Leveson Inquiry

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.25.2012

Rupert Murdoch's two-day, ten-and-a-half hour appearance before the Leveson Inquiry on Wednesday and Thursday has the feeling of a potentially landmar...

Murdoch Hit With Dozens Of New Hacking Suits

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 04.20.2012

LONDON (AP) — Nearly 50 new phone hacking lawsuits have been filed against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company, a lawyer said Friday, includi...

News Corp. To Face Legal Battles In The U.S.

Posted 04.12.2012

News Corp. will face three phone hacking-related legal battles in the U.S., according to hacking victims lawyer Mark Lewis. The pending lawsuits re...

Murdoch Journalists' Shady Dealings With PI Exposed

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 04.13.2012

LONDON (AP) — The names of three dozen British journalists allegedly involved with a shady private investigator were leaked Tuesday to the Internet,...

Murdoch Challenges Sienna Miller Over Her Legal Bills

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 04.06.2012

LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch's British satellite news channel on Thursday became the latest branch of the mogul's global media empire to acknowledge...

James Murdoch Keeps On Quitting

Bloomberg | Posted 05.26.2012

News Corp. (NWSA)'s James Murdoch resigned as director from three additional boards as he's cutting his ties to the company's U.K. newspaper division ...

Two Murdoch Journalists Reportedly Attempted Suicide

Evening Standard | Tom Harper and Simon Freeman | Posted 05.06.2012

Two senior journalists at News International have apparently attempted to commit suicide as pressure mounts inside the Murdoch media empire....

Think Again: Cracks in the Worldwide Murdoch Empire

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.02.2012

Eric Alterman

This is just the latest in a series of tumultuous events surrounding News Corporation -- News International's parent company, founded by James's father, Rupert Murdoch.

Phone Hacking: Top Cop Defends Derided Investigation

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.01.2012

LONDON (AP) — One of Scotland Yard's former top-ranking officers struggled Thursday to explain his close ties to people who later became suspects in...

Rupert Murdoch Defends Insane Rebekah Brooks Story

Posted 02.29.2012

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch tweeted support for his former employee Rebekah Brooks on Wednesday, after a story broke that the Metropolitan Police ...

James Murdoch Steps Down From News International Post

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.30.2012

James Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, the British arm of News Corp., the company announced Wednesday. Murdoch, w...

Police Thought Phone Hacking Was Widespread As Early As 2006

JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.30.2012

LONDON (AP) — Detectives pursuing British tabloid phone hacking in 2006 quickly concluded that the practice was not confined to a rogue News of the ...

Charlotte Church On News International: 'They Are Just Sorry They Got Caught'

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 04.28.2012

DINAS POWYS, Wales — Charlotte Church's nearly $1 million settlement Monday with Rupert Murdoch's company provides vindication for a former chil...

The Sun On Sunday Launches, With Rupert Murdoch On Hand

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.26.2012

With his editors calling it a "new dawn," Rupert Murdoch launched the new Sunday edition of The Sun in London on Saturday night. The paper, which i...

Why the Sun on Sunday Is Murdoch's Last Hurrah

Alexander Walters | Posted 04.22.2012

Alexander Walters

There is one thing that motivates Rupert Murdoch more than money, power or prestige. It's the thrill of a challenge.

Rupert Murdoch Arrives At Sun Headquarters To Stem Staff Crisis

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 04.18.2012

LONDON — News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch on Friday warned staff at his scandal-hit British tabloid The Sun that he won't protect repor...

Murdoch Arrives In London To Calm Staff Revolt

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2012

By Kate Holton and Drazen Jorgic LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch flew in to London on Thursday to address growing anger at h...

News Corp. Civil War Shows No Signs Of Ending

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.15.2012

The battles within Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire are only getting worse. The Times, one of Murdoch's own papers, revealed Tuesday that News Cor...