Topic: James Murdoch

David Cameron Didn't Make a Deal with the Murdochs

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David Cameron went on the defensive against speculation that he conspired with James and Rupert Murdoch over their proposed take over of BSkyB last year.

By Adam Martin

Apr 24, 2012

Is Rupert Murdoch About to Take Down David Cameron?

As James Murdoch's Tuesday testimony before the Leveson Inquiry gives way to Rupert Murdoch's on Wednesday, the UK press is salivating over the notion that David Cameron coordinated with the Murdochs on their takeover of BSkyB before he became prime minister.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 24, 2012

Everything the Leveson Inquiry Knows About James Murdoch

The evidence submitted to the Leveson Inquiry about James Murdoch went online Tuesday, and if you're so inclined, you can browse through the PDFs at your leisure. [Leveson Inquiry]

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By Adam Martin

Apr 24, 2012

James Murdoch Still Pinning Phone Hacking on Subordinates

In portraying himself as an innocent party to whatever wrongdoing might have been going on at the newspapers he oversaw at News International, James Murdoch pleaded ignorance of both phone hacking and political influencing during his Leveson testimony.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 23, 2012

Get Ready for a Big Week in News International Hacking Drama

U.K. regulators have opened an investigation into Sky News ahead of testimony from both Rupert and James Murdoch in the Leveson inquiry.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 19, 2012

Rupert and James Murdoch To Not Know Things at New Leveson Hearing

If this father-son News Corporation duo's responses during last year's parliamentary hearings are any indication, hack-gate watchers shouldn't expect to learn very much.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 3, 2012

James Murdoch Is Running Out of Titles

James Murdoch is stepping down as chairman at British Sky Broadcasting, the latest in a string of titles he's shed since the News of the World hacking scandal started plaguing News Corporation last summer.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 14, 2012

James Murdoch Throws Himself on the Mercy of Parliament

It's a week for deja vu in the investigation into phone hacking at News International as Rebekah Brooks was arrested for the second time on Tuesday, and former News Corp head James Murdoch proclaimed his innocence to Parliament.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 9, 2012

Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch turns 81 years young on Sunday March 11, an accomplishment for any human being but a true milestone the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp., who's had a rough go lately.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 29, 2012

Murdoch Can Add 'Obstruction of Justice' to His List of U.K. Headaches

Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for James Murdoch and his (literal) parent company News Corp., police are now saying that they felt like News International employees obstructed their investigation.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 29, 2012

James Murdoch's Slow Motion Defeat at News International

Rupert Murdoch's youngest son is stepping down from the company's British newspaper division as revelations about phone hacking and bribery continue to emerge. Here's a look back at Murdoch's years-long tumble.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 29, 2012

James Murdoch Quits as News International Chairman

James Murdoch has stepped down from his post as executive chairman of News International after a rough bout of testimony before a U.K. parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking and bribery.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 12, 2012

A News Corp. Prison Guard Bribe Could Be the Crime U.S. Investigators Are Looking For

After months of waiting, a former News of the World editor 'fessed up to a doozy of a crime: he told one of his reporters to bribe a prison guard and "chuck her some more money later" if need be.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 14, 2011

Yes, James Murdoch Is Out of Excuses

New York Times media critic David Carr's metaphors for James Murdoch's increasingly hopeless-looking defense are many, but one thing seems clear: Murdoch can't deny much more before his credibility is totally shot. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 13, 2011

Don't Bother Emailing James Murdoch on the Weekend

Murdoch sent a letter to Parliament on Monday that he just discovered an email from News of the World editor Colin Myler and News International lawyer Tom Crone sounding pretty concerned about a phone hacking case well before he had previously said he was aware of the allegations. Why did he just find it now? Well, his BlackBerry ate it.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 29, 2011

James Murdoch Survives at BSkyB

James Murdoch's role as News Corp.'s public face during the phone hacking scandal won't cost him his chairmanship at British broadcaster BSkyB. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 23, 2011

James Murdoch Reported to Have Resigned from Several News Corp. Positions

After serving as the public face of News Corp. in the phone hacking scandal, James Murdoch has resigned from a number of New Corp executive positions, the London Evening Standard reports

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By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 16, 2011

Neville Thurlbeck's Well-Timed Defense of James Murdoch

Neville Thurlbeck, the former News of the World chief reporter at the center of the phone hacking scandal — the man holding the smoking gun, so to speak — picked a curious moment to stand up for News Corp.'s top executives.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 10, 2011

Parliament Eyes The Sun in James Murdoch's Grilling

At another parliamentary appearance on Thursday, James Murdoch's vehement denial of misleading lawmakers was followed by a suggestion that News Corp. is willing to scale back its British newspaper business even more.

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 9, 2011

Stat of the Day

Only 11% of Possible Phone-Hacking Victims Have Been Contacted by Police

Apparently we've only seen the tip of News Corp.'s phone-hacking iceberg.

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By Dino Grandoni

Nov 7, 2011

News of the World Also Spied on Its Victims' Lawyers

It turns out News of the World not only invaded the private lives of those it phone hacked, but also the lives of the lawyers hired to represent the phone-hacked in "an attempt to gather evidence for false smears about their private lives," The Guardian's Nick Davis reports.

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