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Boris Johnson has a knack for disaster. In this case, journalists were invited to No. 10 Downing Street for a briefing, rather than Westminster. The journalists refused, even the pro-Tory invitees. It’s a pretty bizarre story.
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In a surprise statement, News Corp's executive chairman, Rupert Murdoch, called on Facebook to start paying publishers for content posted to the site.
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Rupert Murdoch doesn’t mince many words, and he’s had a few issues with Google and Facebook in the past. He objected to Google as a “news aggregator” some years ago. He’s now also taking issue with Facebook’s publishing market share.
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Rupert Murdoch hates public broadcasters. So do many U.S., UK and Australian conservative politicians. The BBC is now part of the global hate campaign directed at the whole idea of public broadcast. The excuse is that it’s “leftist.”
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A 17-year-old fan of UK Labour leader Ed Miliband got the Murdoch press camped on the doorstep and following her relatives after getting attention as part of the #Milifandom group. The Sun apparently got interested, and things deteriorated from there.
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One thing is becoming very clear about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: Either he is a bumbling fool or he needs to fire his speech writer.
When Walker compared unions to ISIS, Sen. Warren handed his cluelessness back to him on a rhetorical platter.
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Rupert Murdoch's FOX News network has had so much egg on its face lately it has become hard to figure out what's real. But airing a "snuff film" and alleging a "major investor in its parent company" was behind the 9/11 attacks takes the prize this week.
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A recent open letter from Rupert Murdoch to the European Commission accuses Google of being anti-competitive. That’s not good news for Google, which is currently under anti-trust investigation in the EU.
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So far from increasing his offer for Time Warner as many experts predicted, Rupert Murdoch has simply taken his offer off the table. Fox shares soared, while Time Warner stocks dropped 14 percent.
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Former "News of the World" employee Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiring to hack phones; while his co-defendant, Rebekah Brooks, also formerly of the "NOTW," has been found not guilty.
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All of a sudden, public broadcasters in the UK and Australia are under fire from conservative governments for perceived bias and “leftist” views. Interestingly, Rupert Murdoch and other conservatives have been targeting public broadcasters, too.
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There’s been an ongoing war against public broadcasters, notably the BBC and PBS, waged mainly by commercial media interests trying to reduce their competition. In the case of ABC Australia, politicians are getting involved.
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An advert for a U.K. broadband service, featuring the actor Bruce Willis, has been banned from being screened because the claims made in the advert have been deemed to be ‘misleading’.
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Rupert Murdoch will appear once again in front of British lawmakers after the release of a secret recording of statements he made before Sun newspaper journalists in March this year, many of whom had been arrested over the British phone-hacking scandal.
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In January 2013, a British senior police officer became the first person prosecuted as a result of the UKs £40m, phone-hacking investigation. Today she was sentenced to 15-months in jail.
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Fox News chief and founder Roger Ailes attempted to recruit then-Gen. David H. Petraeus to run for president, a sentiment passed on via Fox News analyst Kathleen T. McFarland.
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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, died at her Melbourne home Wednesday. She was 103.
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Executives at News Corp. announced Monday that the company’s iPad-only newspaper “The Daily” will cease operations Dec. 15.
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch apologized Sunday morning for a tweet criticizing the “Jewish owned press” over its stance on Israel.
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Fox News tycoon Rupert Murdoch had a little friendly advice for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday — publicly reaffirm his support for Mitt Romney, or else.
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Rupert Murdoch has quit the boards of the various News papers and News International. News Corp says that this is in preparation for the coming split of operations into two separate News Corp groups, print media and entertainment.
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Scientologists have been hurling insults at Rupert Murdock, after the newspaper magnate branded the religion an "evil, creepy cult" on his Twitter account.
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Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, now faces criminal charges and possible prison time over the phone hacking scandal that has rocked Britain to its core.
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After his appearance at the Leveson Inquiry, the knives are out for Rupert Murdoch, but is this almost pathological hatred of the man entirely rational?
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Days after British lawmakers questioned Rupert Mudoch's fitness to run his multi-billion dollar company, News Corp.’s board of directors issued a statement standing by their man saying, it has “full confidence” in Murdoch.
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Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said in a damning report Tuesday, finding him guilty of "willful blindness" towards its staff at the News of the World tabloid.
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The UK parliamentary committee set up to investigate phone hacking by News Corp papers has described Rupert Murdoch as “unfit” to run the corporation. Murdoch and his son weren’t found to have misled Parliament, but the criticism was scathing.
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Rupert Murdoch took the stand Thursday, where he admitted to the phone-hacking cover up but blamed 'one or two very strong characters' for shielding him from what was going on.
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In a private meeting, Newt Gingrich blasted Fox News, his former employer, and said CNN was more 'fair and balanced' than Fox in covering his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Following his move last month, James Murdoch has severed all ties with News Corp's British newspaper business which is at the center of phone hacking and bribery.
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"The Daily" is an iPad-only publication from News Corp. Screen shot
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Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet Services for Apple, at a press conference in Manhattan announcing the launch of the iPad-only news publication, "The Daily." Screen grab from press conference
Rupert Murdoch at a hearing before a House of Commons committee in London Footage from livestream
CEO of News Corporation Europe and Asia, James Murdoch (left), and media icon Rupert Murdoch, testify before a House of Commons committee in London Footage from livestream
CEO of News Corporation Europe and Asia, James Murdoch at hearing in front of a House of Commons committee in London Footage from livestream
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Rupert Murdoch at a press conference. Reuters
Rupert Murdoch was hit in the face with a plate of shaving cream while testifying at a hearing before a House of Commons committee in London. Screengrab from testimony
The Daily, an iPad-only news publication, showcases 360-degree photos, high-def video, breaking news and more. The publication is available for $0.99 per week. Screen grab from press conference
Rupert Murdoch at a hearing before a House of Commons committee in London Footage from livestream
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A shot of the stage at News Corp.'s launch of its iPad-only news publication called "The Daily." From left to right: News Corp. Chief Digital Officer, Jon Miller; Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet Services for Apple; News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch; and The Daily's Editor, Jesse Angelo. Screen grab from press conference
Rebekah Brooks, former newspaper editor and CEO of News International is the cover story of the international press. She was arrested in connection with phone hacking and corruption allegations. File
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