Gary Gibbon
Brown swings at Tory deal and ‘on oath’ testimony
Gordon Brown tells Leveson how he keeps calm in a crisis – even when facing News International executives.
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Rupert Murdoch ‘stepping down’ as 21st Century Fox CEO
Rupert Murdoch is to step down as chief executive of 21st Century Fox, reports say, citing sources close to the Murdoch family.
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FactCheck: are Muslims killing the great British pub?
Could a rise in the number of non-drinking Muslims explain the decline of the British pub? FactCheck finds out.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Murdoch’s revenge? Will he get a scalp?
Jeremy Hunt’s defence must be that it wasn’t him that was in direct contact with the Murdoch team but his Special Adviser Adam Smith and the Mr Smith wasn’t representing his real thoughts.
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‘Sustained criminality’ investigated at The Sun
Police investigating The Sun newspaper are said to be looking at suspected “sustained criminality” as the war of words between Rupert Murdoch and his staff intensifies.
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James Murdoch resigns from UK newspaper boards
James Murdoch resigns as director of the companies which publish the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times.
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News Corp annual profits rise
News Corporation reports a rise in its annual profits as Rupert Murdoch says the phone-hacking scandal has had “no material impact on our other operations”.
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Jon Snow
Now, when did I last see Granny?
Beyond your immediate work colleagues, your immediate family and or lovers, can you think of anyone you might have seen 26 times… or even 16 times in the past year? Jon Snow blogs.
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FactCheck: Meetings with Murdoch
David Cameron’s new rules on transparency were rushed in on the same day Rebekah Brooks quit. The PM slung out the details of his meetings with media moguls, leaving Ed Miliband racing to match his new spirit of openness. And today we are treated, for the first time in British history, to details of who all the ministers are busy meeting (see full list on Number 10’s website).
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Preliminary inquiry into News International by Fraud Office
Exclusive: Channel 4 News reveals a new front in the Murdochs’ legal woes as the Serious Fraud Office begins a preliminary investigation into News International.
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LIVE BLOG: Murdoch pulls BSkyB bid over phone hacking
Rupert Murdoch withdraws his BSkyB takeover bid as David Cameron vows to end the “ugly chapter” of phone hacking. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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Murdoch plans News Corp share buy-back scheme
As News Corporation announces plans to spend $5bn to buy back its shares, Channel 4 News looks at how the past 10 days have highlighted the bizarre corporate structure of the Murdoch Empire.
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Ofcom ‘should halt Murdoch takeover if necessary’
MPs call for Ofcom to launch an immediate investigation into whether News Corp executives are ‘fit and proper’ people to run BSkyB in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
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LIVE BLOG: MPs debate News of the World ‘hackgate’
Rupert Murdoch is standing by Rebekah Brooks as calls grow for her to resign from News International because of the phone hacking scandal. Add your voice to the live blog.
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Microsoft buy Skype for $8.5 billion
In a bid to keep up with rivals Apple and Google, Microsoft has made its biggest ever acquisition and added the internet phone company Skype to their portfolio.
