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News Corp. board backs Murdoch after hacking scandal
SAN FRANCISCO — Rupert Murdoch claimed boardroom backing to remain at the helm of News Corp. as he worked to shift attention from the phone-hacking scandal to his media behemoth’s healthy bottom line. “The job won’t be open in the near future,” the 80-year-old media mogul quipped when asked during…
News Corp. profit up thanks to television business
SAN FRANCISCO — Scandal-battered media behemoth News Corp. on Wednesday reported a bumper end to the fiscal year with profits and revenue buoyed by its cable television business. News Corp. said net income for the recently-ended fourth fiscal quarter tallied $683 million and that it finished the year with profit…
Murdoch to address News Corps investors during earnings report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – News Corp is taking a risk in putting boss Rupert Murdoch, famous for his off-script comments, on the media conglomerate’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday with succession questions sure to be asked. Murdoch, 80, will be speaking to Wall Street for the first time since the…
Report: Rebekah Brooks still on Murdoch payroll
Weeks after Rebekah Brooks resigned as CEO of News International, it appears that she may still be on Rupert Murdoch’s payroll. A report published in The Telegraph Saturday indicated that Brooks would continue to get a paycheck from the media mogul for at least the next year. “My understanding is…
Paul McCartney says press hacked his phone
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney said Thursday he will contact authorities about the “horrendous violation of privacy” over the British press’s alleged hacking of his phone, the Los Angeles Times reported. The British singer and musician made a video statement to the Television Critics Association while he was in Ohio for a…
U.K. lawmakers seek to question Piers Morgan on hacking
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers on Thursday called for U.S. talk show host Piers Morgan to return to Britain to answer questions about phone-hacking after allegations made by the ex-wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney. Heather Mills’ claims that a journalist had listened to voicemail messages on her mobile phone…
Murdoch paper The Sun warns website users data stolen by LulzSec
LONDON — Britain’s Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun has sent a message to readers warning them that computer hackers may have published their data online after an attack on the paper’s website last month. The paper’s publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) said in an email late Monday that details of…
Murdoch foam pie attacker jailed for six weeks
A protester who thrust a foam pie into the face of Rupert Murdoch as the media mogul answered lawmakers’ questions on phone hacking was sentenced to six weeks in jail by a British court on Tuesday. Jonathan May-Bowles, 26, a comedian who goes by the stage name of Jonnie Marbles,…
Police arrest ‘key figure’ in News Corp hacking probe
LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Tuesday arrested a man, believed to be a “key figure” at Rupert Murdoch’s News International group according to a newspaper, as part of their ongoing probe into phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid. Police said the 71-year-old had been arrested on…
Murdoch inquiry grows to include computer hacking
Police investigating phone hacking at the News of the World were set Saturday to extend their probe into claims that computers were hacked, in a fresh threat to Rupert Murdoch’s embattled empire. The Metropolitan police said late Friday it was establishing a new team of officers to examine claims which…
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