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News Corp. Digital Exec Jeremy Philips Heads for the Exit
More change at News Corp.’s top ranks: Jeremy Philips, one of Rupert Murdoch’s top advisers, is heading out the door. I’m told that Philips has a new job lined up and that he informed Murdoch of his...
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News Corp.'s Fabled Subscription Plans a Month Away
Remember Rupert Murdoch’s plan to convince other media companies to join him behind a pay wall and offer their stuff only via subscription? It’s still around, in some form. We’ll hear more about it in...
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News Corp.'s Daily iPad Newspaper Launching "In the Next Few Weeks"
The “Daily,” the iPad news app News Corp. was supposed to launch last week, should hit the market “in the next few weeks,” according to James Murdoch. That’s not technically news, since it confirms...
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Phonegate Fallout: Murdoch's BSkyB Deal Delayed
The renewed uproar over News Corp.’s hackergate scandal looks likely to slow down the company’s $12 billion deal for BSkyB. If that’s the only fallout, Rupert Murdoch will have dodged a bullet....
View ArticleNews Corp. to Close Its News of the World Tabloid
News Corp. on Thursday said it will close its News of the World newspaper in response to widening allegations that the U.K. newspaper hacked phones and made improper payments to police. The company...
View ArticleRupert, James Murdoch Prepare for a Parliamentary Grilling
Today in PhoneGate: Rupert Murdoch, his son James Murdoch and embattled News Corp. executive Rebekah Brooks all have a date with the British Parliament next week. They’re set to answer questions about...
View ArticleMurdochs Agree to Appear Before U.K. Panel
News Corp.’s chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, and his son plan to attend a parliamentary committee hearing here next week to answer questions about the phone-hacking scandal, in what is...
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Time For Your Close-Up, Mr. Murdoch
Grab your popcorn, or your antacid, or both: The Rupert Murdoch show is about to start. The News Corp. CEO, along with his son James and former employee Rebekah Brooks, head to British Parliament today...
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Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and...
This morning, News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch, his son James (who is also a top company exec) — as well as former employee and full-time lightning rod Rebekah Brooks — march on down to the...
View ArticleU.K. Parliament Wants to Hear From James Murdoch Again
James Murdoch will likely be asked to make a return trip to Parliament. British lawmakers say they expect to recall the News Corp. official, who answered questions about the PhoneGate scandal during a...
View ArticleLetter Suggests Hacking "Widely Discussed" at News of the World
News Corp. came under fresh attack Tuesday as new, written evidence submitted to a U.K. parliament committee suggested that voice-mail interception was “widely discussed” at its News of the World...
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James Murdoch Turns Down $6 Million Bonus, Citing PhoneGate
News Corp. executive James Murdoch says he’ll decline a $6 million bonus the company gave him for his performance in its last fiscal year, citing the ongoing PhoneGate scandal. Murdoch, who is Deputy...
View ArticleScandal Clouds James Murdoch's Path
Rupert Murdoch has long said he wants one of his children to succeed him. The scandal at News Corp. has threatened that prospect. Youngest son James, 38 years old, has been groomed as heir apparent....
View ArticleHacking Testimony Challenged
Testimony at a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday raised new questions about the evidence News Corp. deputy chief operating officer James Murdoch has given lawmakers in an ongoing phone-hacking...
View ArticleMurdochs Are Re-Elected Amid Protest
News Corp.’s board and management “will stop at nothing to get to the bottom” of a phone hacking scandal at the company’s U.K. newspaper unit “and put it right,” Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert...
View ArticleNews Corp. Lawyer Noted Hacking "Culture" in 2008
Newly released documents show that an outside lawyer for News Corp. in 2008 warned of a “culture of illegal information access” at the company’s News of the World newspaper, raising new questions about...
View ArticleJames Murdoch Returns to Parliament for Another Round of PhoneGate Testimony
James Murdoch, News Corp.’s deputy chief operating officer, is once again testifying before the U.K. Parliament about his role in this summer’s PhoneGate scandal. Lawmakers are accusing Murdoch — who...
View ArticleJames Murdoch Exits Newspaper Boards
James Murdoch has left the boards of operating companies overseeing News Corp.’s U.K. newspapers the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times, according to British regulatory filings, which registered the...
View ArticleJames Murdoch Leaves News Corp. Publishing Unit
More fallout from PhoneGate: News Corp. executive James Murdoch has “relinquished his position” as executive chairman head of News International, the conglomerate’s British newspaper unit. News Corp.,...
View ArticleJames Murdoch Stepping Down as BSkyB Chairman
More fallout from PhoneGate: News Corp. executive James Murdoch is stepping down as chair of British Sky Broadcasting, the U.K. satellite TV company, according to a report from BSkyB’s news service....
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