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News Corp. agrees to $139-million settlement of suit against board
Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch and other board members of News Corp. were sued by shareholders for lax oversight and alleged misdeeds within the sprawling media conglomerate. News Corp. on Monday agreed to settle the case. Now here's the punch line:...
Tags: Justice System, Trials, Litigation, Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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News Corp. said to be nearing end of Justice corruption probe
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is get past more than two years of bruising scandals and a U.S. government investigation into alleged corruption as the company seeks to split into two publicly traded companies this summer. The Wall Street Journal reported...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, The Wall Street Journal, Newspaper and Magazine
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Six more arrests in phone-hacking probe of closed Murdoch tabloid
LONDON – British police announced the arrest of six journalists on suspicion of phone hacking Wednesday in a new probe targeting a now-closed tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Authorities have identified “a further suspected...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Cheshire, Freedom of the Press, David Cameron, Journalism
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News Corp. profits from cable, bulks up on sports
News Corp. continues to bet big on sports. Rupert Murdoch's media company is planning a new national 24-hour Fox Sports cable channel and has been adding regional sports networks to its portfolio. But a top company executive conceded Wednesday that...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Entertainment, Baseball, National Geographic Channel (tv network)
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Police officer sentenced to prison in British phone-hacking scandal
LONDON — A senior police officer was given a 15-month term in prison Friday, the first person sentenced in the wide-ranging phone-hacking inquiry in Britain. Det. Chief Inspector April Casburn was convicted last month of illegally attempting...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, United Kingdom, Punishment, Pakistan, Terrorism
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More arrests in British phone-hacking scandal
LONDON — Two police officers and a journalist were arrested in Britain on Thursday on suspicion of corruption in the ongoing police inquiry into phone hacking by News Corp. tabloids and related scandals. A London Metropolitan police statement...Tags: United Kingdom, Crime, Law and Justice, David Cameron, Police Arrests, Journalism
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Senior Scotland Yard detective found guilty of misconduct
LONDON – A senior Scotland Yard detective was found guilty Thursday of trying to sell confidential information to a tabloid in the first conviction of a police officer in a corruption probe spawned by Britain’s phone-hacking scandal. A...
Tags: Punishment, News Media, Newspaper and Magazine, Sienna Miller, Government
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Media matriarch and philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch dies at 103
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, has died at her home outside Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 103. The matriarch of the world's most prominent media family was well-known in Australia for her philanthropy, and...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Newspaper and Magazine, Fox News Channel (tv network), Melbourne (Australia), Media Industry
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News Corp. name goes to publishing company; Thomson to be CEO
News Corp.'s soon-to-be publishing company will carry the name News Corp., while the company's television and movie properties will make up a separate global company called the Fox Group. Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate is in the process of dividing...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Global Expansion
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British judge urges new press regulator due to hacking scandal
LONDON – In a highly anticipated and lengthy report, a senior judge Thursday recommended that a new, independent regulatory authority be set up to monitor Britain’s raucous press and to crack down on media abuses such as phone hacking and...
Tags: Felipe Calderon, Justice System, Judges, United Kingdom, Newspaper and Magazine
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BSkyB hangs onto broadcasting license; James Murdoch criticized
World NowBritain's media regulator declared Thursday that BSkyB was a "fit and proper" holder of a broadcast license. But the agency sharply criticized James Murdoch for failing to exercise proper leadership over the phone-hacking scandal that has enveloped Rupert... -
Senior British police officer faces charges in phone-hacking scandal
World NowDetective Chief Inspector April Casburn, a senior British counter-terrorism officer appeared in court to face charges tied to the police investigation into phone hacking by tabloid journalists....
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