By Carl Bernstein, special for the Herald.-His anything-goes approach has spread through journalism like a contagion. Now it threatens to undermine the influence he so covets.
News Corp's Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo.
Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused media tycoon Rupert Murdoch today of misleading a government-sponsored inquiry into press ethics with incorrect testimony alleging Brown had threatened war against Murdoch's company.
Prime Minister David Cameron faced a televised grilling over the nature of his relationship with Rupert Murdoch's press group today at an inquiry that has turned into a slow-motion political disaster for the British leader.
News Corp said today that James Murdoch, the younger son of chairman Rupert, would relinquish his position as executive chairman of its News International unit.
Rupert Murdoch rejected accusations today that he used his media empire to play puppet master to a succession of British prime ministers, electrifying a media inquiry that has shaken the government and unnerved much of the establishment.
News Corp's board of directors came out in full support of Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday, some 36 hours after a British parliamentary committee had described him as unfit to run a major international business.
James Murdoch, heir apparent to his father's News Corp before a phone-hacking scandal engulfed the firm, will return for a second hearing before the UK parliament to explain apparent discrepancies in his evidence.
The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has agreed to settle a string of legal claims over phone hacking, after victims said the company had admitted its management knew about the practice and tried to cover up.
British police arrested five people at The Sun newspaper, its parent company News Corporation said, as part of an investigation into illegal news gathering that forced the closure of another of the firm's British tabloids.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, defending his integrity in an emergency debate in parliament, said he regretted the uproar caused by his hiring of a former newspaper editor at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal.
News Corp executive James Murdoch could face a police investigation into claims he gave "mistaken" testimony to Britain's parliament this week, deepening the legal crisis that has engulfed the Murdoch family's media empire.
British lawmakers said today it was likely News Corp's James Murdoch would be recalled to clarify details about evidence on phone hacking he gave to a parliamentary committee, following claims his testimony was "mistaken".
Rebekah Brooks resigned as chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper unit, yielding to political and investor pressure over a phone hacking scandal undermining Rupert Murdoch's media empire on both sides of the Atlantic.
Les Hinton, the top executive of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones & Co, resigned after becoming one of the targets of criticism for the phone-hacking scandal that occurred when he oversaw News Corp's British newspapers, the company said.
Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, was released on bail after being questioned over the phone-hacking scandal, the Metropolitan police said in a statement.
Prime Minister David Cameron promised sweeping new rules for Britain's press and a full inquiry into failures by police and politicians as his own former spokesman was arrested over a newspaper phone-hacking scandal.
The News of the World newspaper bought contact details about the royal family from a policeman, the BBC reported today, deepening the scandal engulfing the News Corp media empire.
Rupert Murdoch refused a summons by Britain's parliament to answer questions over alleged crimes at one of his newspapers, leaving a senior executive from his media empire to face lawmakers keen to break the media mogul's grip on politics.
News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch, among the most ardent defenders of the traditional press, launched the first ever newspaper created solely for tablet devices like the iPad.
News Corp has sold social media site Myspace for about US$35 million to online advertising company Specific Media, according to a source familiar with the transaction.
The former News of the World royal editor, jailed in 2007, was arrested over alleged payments to police, a police source said today.
A High Court judge ordered today police to hand over information to actor Hugh Grant or former girlfriend Jemima Khan which could show phone messages between them were intercepted by a private investigator working for a newspaper.