Posted in Murdoch, tagged Murdoch Media Empire, News Corp, rupert murdoch, Sydney and Melbourne, The Australian on August 31, 2011| 1 Comment »
The Australian is the country’s biggest-selling national newspaper. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which “also owns the sole dailies in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin and the most popular metropolitan dailies in Sydney and Melbourne.” Michael Ashley investigates the national paper’s “seriously warped” op-ed policy in this extended excerpt. [R]eality becomes so […]/p
Posted in rupert murdoch, tagged James Murdoch, News Corp, News Corporation, News International, Phone Hacking Scandal, rupert murdoch on July 20, 2011| 1 Comment »
BBC, 20 July, 2011
Rupert Murdoch has said he cannot be held responsible for the scandal at the News of the World, saying he was let down by “people I trusted”.
The News Corporation boss said he was not aware of the extent of phone hacking there and had “clearly” been misled by some of his staff.
His son, James, apologised to victims, saying hacking was “inexcusable”.
The hearing was the first time Rupert Murdoch has faced direct scrutiny by MPs in his 40-year UK media career.
More here
BBC, 20 July, 2011
“Murdoch eats humble pie,” is how the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express sum up the News Corp chief’s appearance before the Culture select committee.
Rupert Murdoch’s opening that it was the most “humble” day of his life also gives the headlines for the Financial Times, the Sun and the Guardian.
Tuesday’s events at the Wilson Room in Portcullis House make the front page of every single paper.
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Posted in rupert murdoch, tagged Andy Coulson, David Cameron, James Murdoch, News Corp, News Corporation, News International, News of the World, Phone Hacking Scandal, rupert murdoch, Sean Hoare on July 19, 2011| 4 Comments »
So plan your day! Stephenson up at 12, then Met head of press, then Yates at 1.15. Then 2.30 Rupert + James Murdoch, then Rebekah Brooks.”
BBC, 19 July 2011
News Corporation chiefs Rupert and James Murdoch and former executive Rebekah Brooks will be quizzed by MPs later about the phone-hacking scandal.
The Murdochs agreed to appear before the Commons media committee after it issued a summons for them.
The MPs said they had questions over evidence given by Mrs Brooks and Andy Coulson – both ex-News of the World (NoW) editors – at a hearing in 2003.
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BBC, 19 July 2011
A former News of the World journalist who made phone-hacking allegations against the paper has been found dead at his home in Watford.
Mr Hoare had told the New York Times hacking was far more extensive than the paper acknowledged when police first investigated hacking claims.
Sean Hoare also told the BBC’s Panorama phone hacking was “endemic” at the NoW.
BBC, 19 July 2011
When bloodless coups come about in dictatorships, often it’s when the head of government is away on a foreign visit.
But democracies bring their own dangers for absent political leaders.
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Posted in rupert murdoch, tagged Dow Jones, Hacking Scandal, Les Hinton, News Corp, News Corporation, Rebekah Brooks, rupert murdoch, Wall Street Journal, WSJ on July 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
By Paul Thomasch and Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) – Les Hinton, the top executive of Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones & Co, resigned on Friday after becoming a target of criticism for the phone-hacking scandal that occurred when he oversaw News Corp’s British newspapers.
Hinton stepped down as the British phone hacking scandal surrounding News Corp began to spread to the United States. He is the highest ranking executive yet to resign over a crisis that closed down the News of the World tabloid and scotched News Corp’s $12 billion attempt to buy out BSkyB.
I have watched with sorrow from New York as the News of the World story has unfolded,” Hinton wrote in a memo to staff after resigning as chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
“That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant and in the circumstances I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp, and apologize to those hurt by the actions of the News of the World,” he added.
At the Wall Street Journal, news of Hinton’s departure was greeted by gasps and a stunned silence, despite much speculation in both London and New York that he could be toppled by transgressions that occurred on his watch.
Hinton’s resignation came on the same day that another top Murdoch confidante, Rebekah Brooks, stepped down as chief of News International, which is responsible for all Murdoch’s British papers. Brooks worked under Hinton when she was News of the World’s editor and he ran News International.
Posted in rupert murdoch, tagged Hacking Scandal, Milly Dowler, News Corp, News Corporation, News International, News of the World, rupert murdoch on July 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
15 July 2011
BBC
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Rupert Murdoch speaks to the media after a meeting with the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
A “humbled and very shaken” Rupert Murdoch has apologised to the family of Milly Dowler in a meeting in London.
The chairman of News Corporation requested the meeting after it emerged that the murdered schoolgirl’s mobile phone was hacked by the News of the World newspaper in 2002.
The News Corp boss ‘held his head in his hands’ as he apologised to the murdered girl’s family over phone hacking
Matthew Taylor guardian.co.uk,
Friday 15 July 2011 19.11 BST
Rupert Murdoch has made a “full and humble” apology to the family of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler at a private meeting held at a central London hotel.
The global head of News Corporation “held his head in his hands” and repeatedly told the family he was “very, very sorry”, according to the Dowlers’ lawyer Mark Lewis.
He was very humbled and very shaken and very sincere,” said Lewis speaking outside the meeting at the five-star hotel. “I think this was something that had hit him on a very personal level and was something that shouldn’t have happened. He apologised many times. I don’t think somebody could have held their head in their hands so many times and say that they were sorry.”
Posted in rupert murdoch, tagged News Corp, News Corporation, News International, rupert murdoch, Rupert Murdoch apology on July 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
16 July 2011
BBC
National newspapers are running a full-page advert with a signed apology from Rupert Murdoch over “serious wrongdoing” by the News of the World.
The advert states: “We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred.”
Rebekah Brooks, a former editor of the paper, and senior News Corporation executive Les Hinton both resigned on Friday over the phone-hacking scandal.
The printed apology expresses regret for not acting faster “to sort things out”.
“I realise that simply apologising is not enough. Our business was founded on the idea that a free and open press should be a positive force in society. We need to live up to this.
“In the coming days, as we take further concrete steps to resolve these issues and make amends for the damage they have caused, you will hear more from us”, says the statement, signed “sincerely, Rupert Murdoch”.
Posted in rupert murdoch, tagged News Corp, News Corporation, rupert murdoch on July 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
BBC15th July, 2011
The FBI is investigating reports that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The criminal probe follows calls from a growing number of senators and a senior Republican for an investigation.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Mr Murdoch defended the company’s handling of the crisis.
Meanwhile, Mr Murdoch and his son James have agreed to answer UK MPs’ questions on the hacking scandal next week.
Posted in 911, tagged 911, Hacking Scandal, Jay Rockefeller, News Corp, News Corporation, rupert murdoch, Wall Street Journal on July 14, 2011| 4 Comments »
Politicians call for felony charges if report that News of the World hacked voicemails of victims is found to be true
Chris McGreal in Washington
The Guardian, Thursday 14 July 2011
Senator Jay Rockefeller called for an investigation into whether News Corp had invaded the privacy of Americans. Photograph: Matthew Cavanaugh/EPA
Political pressure on Rupert Murdoch has spilled across the Atlantic with a growing number of senior politicians calling for a legal investigation into whether News Corporation broke American laws over the phone-hacking scandal.
Members of Congress from both major parties have waded in to the affair with warnings of “severe” consequences if a report in the Daily Mirror that the News of the World attempted to access the voicemails of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks or other Americans is true.
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Posted in Conservatives, Glenn Beck, Media, Obama, President Obama, tagged "Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free or Die", conservative media, Gestapo Tactics, Glenn Beck, News Corp, Obama, progressives, rupert murdoch on January 27, 2010| 1 Comment »
When Glenn Beck aired an hour-long documentary titled “Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free or Die” last Friday, it marked a major turning point in the annals of television.
The film, narrated by Beck himself, purported to reveal “really disturbing and shocking stuff,” specifically the “dirty little secret” that progressive political beliefs led inexorably to “some of the most horrifying outcomes in history.” With help from interview subjects like Jonah Goldberg, author of the book Liberal Fascism, Beck linked the progressive political movement to such nightmares as China’s Cultural Revolution and Hitler’s gas chambers. Beck alternated images of the emaciated, tortured bodies of the victims he blamed on progressivism with archival footage of Goebbels, Stalin and Mao.
Behold, America, the future of conservative media.
There was a time when such stunningly irresponsible and historically dubious assertions were the province of isolated individuals holding homemade signs at rallies — but no longer. “The Revolutionary Holocaust” was watched by nearly four million Americans. And it was broadcast by one of the world’s largest media conglomerates, News Corporation, which made no effort to disassociate itself from the program’s content.
Partisan media — even rabidly partisan media — has existed in America for as long as our nation has. Vicious attacks against perceived political opponents aren’t anything new, either, and in that way, Glenn Beck is merely the latest polemicist willing to assault his enemies — as well as basic logic — in order to make a buck. (And he makes plenty.)
But never before has such commentary been hitched to the star of a multinational media conglomerate, one capable of beaming the resulting invective into hundreds of millions of homes in real time. Never before has a company as influential as News Corp. been willing to back a host like Beck in the face of mounting pressure from advertisers.
Even after 80 different sponsors announced they would no longer advertise on Beck’s show, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch was still willing to personally defend the host, offering his own nonsensical defense of Beck’s infamous accusation that our nation’s first African American president harbored “a deep seated hatred for white people.”
“Even if you think I’m wildly irresponsible,” Beck said a few weeks ago, “you have to know that News Corp. is not stupid. It’s a company worth billions of dollars. Do you really think this corporation would risk everything on an irresponsible crazy guy?”
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