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Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle in Britain
LONDON (AP) — Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers have been caught up in their own lengthy, embarrassing and expensive phone-hacking...Tags: Journalism, Sex Crimes, United Kingdom, The New York Times, Sexual Misconduct
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Murdoch apologizes again for illegal phone hacking
LONDON (AP) — The apologies keep coming from Rupert Murdoch, who has taken out a second newspaper ad promising that his News Corp. will make amends for the phone hacking scandal shaking his global media empire. The ad in several British Sunday...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Crime, United Kingdom, Mass Media
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News Corp. Board Approves Rupert Murdoch's Split Plan
ReutersMay 24 (TheWrap.com) - News Corp.'s board of directors formally approved plans Friday to split the company into two distinct and publicly traded media conglomerates. One company, 21st Century Fox, will be comprised of its television and film holdings,...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox News Channel (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company, James Murdoch
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CNN host Piers Morgan writing book about his career - publisher
ReutersNEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - British CNN host Piers Morgan is writing a book about his career, his job as news show anchor and his interviews with Hollywood stars and world leaders, his publisher said on Wednesday. "Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God and...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Book
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Britain charges reporter on Murdoch's Sun in corruption probe
ReutersLONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British prosecutors have charged a reporter on Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper over alleged payments of more than 17,000 pounds ($26,000) to officials for details of confidential government spending plans. The charges are part...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Rupert Murdoch, Prosecution, United Kingdom, David Cameron
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Premium jeans maker True Religion Apparel Inc said on Friday it has agreed to be acquired by investment management firm TowerBrook...Tags: Carl Icahn, Singapore, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate Sellers, Insurance
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Trinity Mirror says Sunday People sale talks end
ReutersLONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Plans to turn British tabloid the Sunday People into a new-look paper to occupy the gap left by the closing of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World look likely to be shelved after talks to buy the paper ended. Trinity Mirror, the...Tags: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.
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News Corp. third-quarter profit climbs; revenue up 14%
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is preparing to split into two entities, and the company's fiscal third-quarter financials illustrated why: Its cable television and film properties continue to flex their muscles while the publishing unit's profit exhibited...
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Piers Morgan developing drama about Fleet Street tabloids for Starz
Art is imitating life again. CNN personality and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan is going to try his hand at producing a drama about the British tabloid business in the 1970s. Morgan has signed on as an executive producer of "Fleet Street," a drama...Tags: Richard Branson, Piers Morgan, AMC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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Piers Morgan Producing 'Fleet Street' Tabloid Series for Starz
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - Piers Morgan is returning to his roots -- the sleazy, cutthroat world of British tabloid journalism. The current CNN host, who worked as an editor at The Sun, News of the World and Daily Mirror before finding TV fame on "Britain'...Tags: Journalism, Justin Berfield, Piers Morgan, Richard Branson, Shameless (tv program)
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Murdoch's News International in talks to occupy Shard neighbour
ReutersBy Tom Bill LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources told Reuters. News International, part...Tags: Qatar, Al Jazeera (tv network), Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.
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William C. Cox Jr. dies at 82; helped seal Dow Jones sale to Murdoch
William C. Cox Jr., the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years and sold it to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in a decision sparking a family feud, died Wednesday at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., according to his...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Newspaper and Magazine, Rupert Murdoch, Hobe Sound, New Corporation Limited
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