Rupert Murdoch

The Decade Revisited

Arts, Culture & Media

This weekend, Studio 360 broadcasts its special time travel show, recorded in front of a live audience atWNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. And with this decade coming to an end, it seems like a good opportunity to revisit some of the events and trends from the 2000’s that we’ll always remember. GOING GREEN If […]

Rebekah Brooks

Here’s what a court in London decided on the News of the World’s phone hacking scandal

Conflict & Justice
Rebekah Brooks

Here’s what a court in London decided on the News of the World’s phone hacking scandal

Conflict & Justice

Aid to British PM David Cameron arrested over NOTW scandal

News of the World closes, hacking victim speaks out

Rupert Murdoch’s wife’s reputation in China

News of Wendi Deng’s actions to save her husband from a protester with a shaving foam pie creates big stir in China.

The Leveson Inquiry: Press Failed to Meet Standards for Responsibility

Conflict & Justice

Thursday Lord Justice Sir Brian Leveson unveiled The Leveson Inquiry, a report that examined the phone hacking of British celebrities, politicians, athletes and crime victims at Rupert Murdoch’s former tabloid publication News of the World.

British Prime Minister Faces Tough Questions Over Connection to Murdoch

Global Politics

British Prime Minister David Cameron was grilled today as he gave evidence in London before an inquiry into media standards.

Rupert Murdoch’s State-Side Influence

A British Parliamentary committee’s report on Rupert Murdoch has declared that the 81-year-old News Corp. CEO “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company.” The move was a blow to Murdoch’s media empire, which has considerable influence in the U.K. Murdoch’s influence in the United States, for example, is […]

The World

Rupert Murdoch ‘Not A Fit Person’ to Run Major Company

Conflict & Justice

Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”, British Members of Parliament have said.