Charles and David Koch are very major players in the Tribune Company's sale of some of the biggest newspapers in the country, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, and according to a new report, they have debated using the media to spread their political message.
"Having a winning paper is the best answer to our critics," Rupert Murdoch wrote in an email to the embattled staff of The Sun as he announced a Sunday edition of the tabloid where five editors were arrested last week.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation set up a division to investigate wrongdoing in its tabloids, and wrongdoing it reportedly found.
Five employees of Rupert Murdoch's The Sun tabloid have been arrested in connection with bribing public officials.
Move over Oprah, another media titan is stepping into the hardback endorsement space.
The editor of the London Times is very, very sorry about one of his reporters hacking a detective's email; in fact, a lot of people took turns apologizing on Tuesday at the UK Leveson inquiry into media ethics.
After months of testimony and legal wrangling, Rupert Murdoch's News International decided on Thursday to go ahead and settle 36 high-profile phone-hacking cases at once, getting the attendant publicity out of the way in one swoop.
News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch's reaction to a Google TV presentations is the best explanation yet of why we won't be seeing truly integrated Internet TV any time soon.
The newly minted Twitter sensation Rupert Murdoch has started weighing in on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in a frankly entertaining -- however poorly thought-out -- way.
Everybody knows Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation made a mistake buying Myspace, and now Murdoch himself has copped to the bad judgment on Twitter, one of the new breed of social media platforms that arose from Myspace's obsolete bag of emoticons. Oh, the irony!
The relatives of 9/11 victims who believe an investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News International accessed their phones in the days following the 2001 terrorist attacks are getting really frustrated that the F.B.I. won't tell them whether their numbers are on a list Scotland Yard seized from that investigator.
The new Twitter account for Wendi Deng is a fake, and even though it bestowed the sacred "Verified" badge onto the account -- and subsequently removed it -- Twitter won't reveal any details about how it got duped by the fraudster.
Joining her husband Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng Murdoch has recently started tweeting, too, mostly to do some Rupert Murdoch ground control.
Less than 48 hours on the Twitters and the octogenarian Dow Jones emperor already got himself into social media trouble, sending a hypocritical message that earned him his very own hashtag.
It's no huge surprise that News Corp. is likely lining its emergency war chest with settlement funds to keep phone hacking victims quiet as the scandal prepares to enter yet another year of revelations.
The holidays are great because they bring family and friends together for the opportunity to reflect back on the year and look forward to a new one.
Piers Morgan has just finished testifying in the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking, but the CNN host and former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor may have already tipped his hand in past interviews, The Guardian points out.
Today's round of the British government's inquiry into the phone hacks at at News Corp. newspapers just concluded after interviewing three of its former journalists -- but it was Paul McMullan, a seven-year News of the World veteran, who was the showstopper.
Cute British classical-singer-turned-pop-star Charlotte Church told a sad story to Parliament about how she tried to bribe Rupert Murdoch for favorable coverage in his papers with a free concert at his wedding but got the tabloid treatment anyway.
Apparently we've only seen the tip of News Corp.'s phone-hacking iceberg.
Shadowing the Murdoch family would make for terrific reality TV, but since that's never going to happen, the new profile in Vanity Fair might be as close as we can get to understanding the media dynasty.
Rupert Murdoch was repentant but stood his ground while facing angry critics at a shareholder meeting today.
It's been a rocky road for News Corp. since the news broke this summer that News of the World had hacked the voicemail of a murdered girl, but today the company finally settled with Milly Dowler's family.
This year's slew of scandals should produce an especially ugly show at Fox Studios, where News Corp.'s annual shareholder meeting will take place on Friday afternoon.
What with the tumult at News Corp. recently, its understandable that Rupert and James Murdoch are experiencing a father-son rift, The New York Times is reporting.
The Guardian reports the European publisher quit over a scheme to boost print sales
Institutional Shareholder Services calls for less family control at News Corp.
On Tuesday, the protestors plan to march past the homes of the moguls
The billionaire investor takes on the media mogul over taxing the rich
Plus: The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced Thursday
The practice may open the door for a U.S. prosecution of News Corp.
Norman Siegel is investigating a civil action on behalf of 9/11 families who say their phones were hacked
Getting paid by the news network has been political poison for the GOP's 2012 field
In the moguls's latest go-round, Turner calls for the News Corp. chairman to step down
Rupert Murdoch's lawyers have shown they're ready to settle out of court, and not for peanuts
The past 24-hours have been rough for the Murdochs
The same day of an important Parliamentary hearing, News Corp. announces 110 layoffs
A British High Court will hear the testimonies of top News Corp. executives in October
Preemptive planning has begun to make sure Murdoch doesn't bid on BSkyB again
Glenn Mulcaire has outed the News of the World staff
The attorney general met with victims' families on Wednesday
Glenn Mulcaire is unhappy that Rupert Murdoch's company cut him off
More specifically, Viet Dinh is best friends with executive phone hacking investigator
And other wacky details from the company's fourth quarter report
Plus: Harvey Weinstein's stage version of 'Finding Neverland' hits a squall
A continuing scandal and a growing pile of cash give directors plenty to talk about
How did the bird find the News Corp. boss's house? Was it phone hacking?
Pie thrower Jonnie Marbles was jailed for six weeks after pleading guilty
Nick Davies, the lead investigative reporter on phone hacking, landed on Monday
The Journal is asking readers about the impact of the News Corp. scandal
The New York columnist accuses the Fox News host of inciting anti-Semitic threats
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