Rupert Murdoch News

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.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

Melbourne - Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, died at her Melbourne home Wednesday. She was 103.

New York - Executives at News Corp. announced Monday that the company’s iPad-only newspaper “The Daily” will cease operations Dec. 15.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch apologized Sunday morning for a tweet criticizing the “Jewish owned press” over its stance on Israel.

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.

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.