Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2012
The declaration by British MPs on Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch exercised "willfull blindness" about phone hacking at The News of the World and is "not a fit person" to run a major international company has prompted the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington to ask the FCC to revoke the 27 Fox broadcast licenses that News Corp. holds in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 1, 2012
Members of the British Parliament had harsh words for the man at the top of News Corp., stating in a report that a proclivity for keeping himself in the dark about his employees' activities made him unfit to lead an international company. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 29, 2012
Londoners will get the chance to say bon voyage to James Murdoch as he flees his embattled role as chairman of the crisis-ridden News International to oversee News Corp.’s television operations from a Manhattan office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 17, 2012
Rupert Murdoch is a surprisingly good tweeter, direct and revealing in his comments, but he is also the head of a media conglomerate, so when he loses his cool and fires off a shot at "[p]iracy leader" Google, it has reverberations beyond the nail salon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 20, 2011
This brief history of Rupert Murdoch by Bruce Page, author of the book "The Murdoch Archipelago," originally ran in 2009 as a straightforward antidote to Michael Wolff's "sycophantic" (in Page's view) 2008 book on the international media mogul, "The Man Who Owns the News." Pictured above, Rupert's father, Sir Keith Murdoch. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJul 20, 2011
"People say that Australia has given two people to the world," Julian Assange told me in London recently, "Rupert Murdoch and me." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 18, 2011
Sean Hoare, the former News of the World correspondent who was the first member of Andy Coulson's staff to claim the editor knew of phone hacking by his reporters, was found dead in his home Monday (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 15, 2011
Les Hinton, chairman of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper operations, both resigned Friday over connections to the now-defunct News of the World’s recent phone hacking scandal (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 15, 2011
The News Corp scandal that has already claimed one major entity in the Murdochian media empire -- that would be News of the World -- isn't showing signs of dropping from the headlines anytime soon On Thursday, mogul Rupert Murdoch and scion James agreed to face members of Britain's Parliament . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 13, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's international media group, News Corp., abandoned efforts to acquire British satellite broadcasting company BSkyB amid an outburst of official and public censure after it came to light that associated journalists spied on mobile phone conversations and bribed police officers to cover it up. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 12, 2011
Two other newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's media empire have been accused of using illegal practices to obtain deeply personal information. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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