News Corp.'s Biggest Enemy Is Now a Shareholder
The committee investigating phone hacking laughed when Labour MP Tom Watson announced that he'd bought News Corp. shares so that he could speak at the company's annual meeting.
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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.
The committee investigating phone hacking laughed when Labour MP Tom Watson announced that he'd bought News Corp. shares so that he could speak at the company's annual meeting.
The former of James Murdoch's former employees say he lied to Parliament
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