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Murdoch blasted on Twitter for anti-Google tweets
When News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch attacked Google on Twitter for its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act, he had no idea what he was letting himself in for. “Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying,” Murdoch tweeted…
Murdoch staff defend tabloid at hacking inquiry
LONDON — Current and former editors of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The Sun defended the newspaper, at the country’s phone-hacking inquiry, saying it could be a “powerful force for good”. Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron is “99.9 percent certain” to be called to the inquiry along with his predecessor Gordon Brown…
Murdoch staff defend Sun at hacking inquiry
Current and former editors of Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid The Sun defended the newspaper at the country’s phone-hacking inquiry on Monday, saying it could be a “powerful force for good”. Staff at Britain’s best-selling newspaper told the Leveson inquiry in London that they had seen no evidence that the The Sun was guilty…
Twitter admits verifying account spoofing Murdoch’s wife
Twitter announced on Tuesday that it had mistakenly verified an account spoofing Wendi Deng, the wife of conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch. “We can confirm that the @wendi_deng account was mistakenly verified for a short period of time and apologize for the confusion this caused,” the site’s communication team tweeted.…
Murdoch paper’s hacking victims total 800: police
The police said Saturday the final number of victims of phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World will be around 800 people, far fewer than originally thought. The Scotland Yard officer leading the investigation into the scandal at the now-defunct tabloid said police had been in touch with…
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