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Phone hacking: Andy Coulson 'guilty', Rebekah Brooks 'not guilty' 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. In the Media by Mathew Wace Peck - 2 comments

Op-Ed: Suddenly, all public broadcasters are Leftists? BBC under fire London - 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. In the Media by Paul Wallis - 1 comment

Op-Ed: The war against public broadcasting —ABC Australia in firing line Sydney - 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. In the Media by Paul Wallis - 4 comments

Bruce Willis advert banned 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’. In the Media by Tim Sandle - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Murdoch's impunity in the hen house 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. In the Media by Craig Boehman - 5 comments

Senior police officer sentenced in British hacking scandal London - 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. In the Media by Eileen Kersey

Fox News founder tried to enlist Petraeus for presidential run 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. In the Media by David Silverberg - 2 comments

Rupert Murdoch's mother dies at 103 Melbourne - Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, died at her Melbourne home Wednesday. She was 103. In the Media by Brian LaSorsa

News Corp. shuts down iPad-only newspaper ‘The Daily’ New York - Executives at News Corp. announced Monday that the company’s iPad-only newspaper “The Daily” will cease operations Dec. 15. In the Media by Brian LaSorsa - 1 comment

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for ‘Jewish owned press’ Media mogul Rupert Murdoch apologized Sunday morning for a tweet criticizing the “Jewish owned press” over its stance on Israel. In the Media by Brian LaSorsa - 2 comments

Murdoch tells N.J. Christie to re-endorse Romney 'or take blame' 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. In the Media by Yukio Strachan - 9 comments

Op-Ed: Murdoch quits boards of UK papers, News International 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. In the Media by Paul Wallis

Scientologists attack Rupert Murdock over 'creepy cult' remarks Scientologists have been hurling insults at Rupert Murdock, after the newspaper magnate branded the religion an "evil, creepy cult" on his Twitter account. In the Media by Katerina Nikolas - 5 comments

Rebekah Brooks: 'I am baffled by the decision to charge me' 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. In the Media by Yukio Strachan - 2 comments

Op-Ed: In defence of Rupert Murdoch London - 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? In the Media by Alexander Baron

News Corp stands by their man, has 'full confidence' in Murdoch 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. In the Media by Yukio Strachan

The damning verdict: Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' to lead News Corp 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. In the Media by Yukio Strachan

Op-Ed: Murdoch ‘unfit’ to run News — UK parliamentary committee Sydney - 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. In the Media by Paul Wallis - 5 comments

Rupert Murdoch admits phone-hacking 'cover up' 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. In the Media by Yukio Strachan

Gingrich: Fox News in the tank for Romney 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. In the Media by Arthur Weinreb

James Murdoch severs all ties with News Corp in Britain 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. In the Media by Yukio Strachan - 1 comment

Ex-Murdoch exec Brooks among six arrested in phone-hacking probe Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the British tabloid News of the World, her husband Charlie, and four others were arrested without warning Tuesday morning on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, police officials said. In the Media by Yukio Strachan - 3 comments

James Murdoch steps down from News Corp James Murdoch, the youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, resigned overnight as the head of his father’s scandal-plagued newspaper in Britain. In the Media by Yukio Strachan - 1 comment

Op-Ed: Union says News betrayed Sun staff ‘for doing their jobs’? Sydney - In an unprecedented outburst which does nothing for the credibility of the journalistic profession, the UK's National Union of Journalists has accused News International of “throwing arrested journalists to the wolves”. In the Media by Paul Wallis - 12 comments

UK police arrest Murdoch's tabloid staff in bribery probe London - The British Police have arrested "four current and former staff" of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling tabloid. The arrests are part of investigation into the role of the Sun in unethical news gathering methods that led to closure of News of the World. In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 4 comments

News Corp's Murdoch joins Twitter New mogul Rupert Murdoch has joined the ranks of tweeters on the social media site Twitter. He has posted 17 messages to date. In the Media by Tim Sandle

Op-Ed: Misunderstanding Ayn Rand Bruce Levine is a psychologist who is critical of both the mental health industry and corporatism; his heart is in the right place, but he is on shaky ground when he attacks Ayn Rand. In the Media by Alexander Baron - 4 comments

Op-Ed: Anne Diamond testifies to the Leveson Inquiry London - The former breakfast television presenter Anne Diamond testified to the Inquiry today, and some of what she had to say was not easy on the ear. In the Media by Alexander Baron

Op-Ed: British tabloids trashed in phone hacking inquiry London - This story has run and run, and now it is running some more as the names of more celebrities and more grieving parents are tossed into the frame along with the names of more newspapers. In the Media by Alexander Baron - 1 comment

Steve Jobs: Fox News is a 'destructive force' in society Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was released this week and details are emerging about what Jobs thought about his industry and others. The media was a particular area of interest for Jobs, but not always in a good way. In the Media by Chris Hogg - 32 comments

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