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Frank Rich: So-called ‘war on Christmas’ a dig at Jews
New York Magazine’s Frank Rich on Monday blasted News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch, describing the media mogul’s recent statements on Twitter as anti-Semitic. Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns Fox News and a vast array of other media outlets, said on Twitter that the “Jewish owned press” favored Palestinians over…
Kurtz rips Murdoch for ‘atrocious’ tweet suggesting ‘Jewish’ press have hidden agenda
CNN host Howard Kurtz on Sunday blasted News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch for an “atrocious” suggestion that stereotyped the “Jewish owned press” as having a hidden agenda. In a tweet on Saturday, Murdoch had lashed out at what he called the “Jewish owned press” for its coverage of a…
Murdoch supports Prince Harry over nude photos
LONDON — Media mogul Rupert Murdoch came to the defence of Britain’s Prince Harry on Sunday, urging critics to “give him a break” over photographs of him frolicking naked in a Las Vegas hotel suite. Australian-born Murdoch posted a message of support on his Twitter page after The Sun, his…
News Corp board agrees to split in principle: WSJ
The board of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has agreed in principle to separate its larger entertainment division from struggling publishing businesses, according to the Wall Street Journal. An official announcement is expected to come Thursday, said the newspaper, which is one of the units of the global media-entertainment conglomerate. The…
U.K.’s Cameron to testify in phone hacking probe June 14
Prime Minister David Cameron is to appear next week before an inquiry into press ethics sparked by the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers. Cameron, whose government has been under fire over a series of revelations about its closeness to Murdoch’s media empire, will give evidence on June 14, according…
British minister called Murdoch aide ‘papa’
Britain’s culture minister faced fresh pressure Saturday after a press ethics inquiry released dozens of light-hearted text messages between him and a lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, whom he called “mon ami” and “papa”. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt exchanged the friendly and intimate messages with News Corporation’s Fred Michel…
Tony Blair to face Leveson press ethics inquiry
Former British prime minister Tony Blair will testify next week at a press ethics inquiry set up following a phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World, the inquiry said Friday. Blair, Britain’s Labour premier between 1997 and 2007, is likely to be asked by the Leveson Inquiry about…
British Parliament to probe ex-Murdoch aides over hacking
LONDON — British lawmakers on Tuesday referred three former executives of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to their standards committee over claims they misled parliament over the phone-hacking scandal. A damning report by parliament’s influential culture committee had accused the three former aides this month of deliberately misleading its members during…
News Corp reaffirms support for Murdoch
NEW YORK — A top News Corp. executive on Wednesday reaffirmed support for embattled magnate Rupert Murdoch and “flatly” rejected a British parliamentary report calling him unfit to run the media conglomerate. Murdoch is “one of the smartest and most forward-thinking executives of our time and both I and the…
Ex-policeman held in phone-hacking inquiry
A former police officer was arrested Thursday as part of aninvestigation into alleged bribery related to the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers, Scotland Yard said. The unnamed 57-year-old was arrested in a dawn raid at his house in Surrey on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, the force said in a statement. The suspect…
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