All posts tagged "Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch"

When media mogul Rupert Murdoch's wife allegedly joined Twitter, it didn't take her long to earn a "verified account," one of the few status symbols available to known individuals on the social media network. Days later, the account was revealed to be a fake, leaving journalists the world over wondering how Twitter slipped up so badly.

James Murdoch angrily rejected claims Thursday that he was like a "mafia boss" and denied misleading MPs about the extent of his knowledge of phone-hacking at the News of the World.

A stand-up comedian jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at media mogul Rupert Murdoch had his sentence cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.

An Italian cable provider owned by billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch has kicked the Current TV network off the air following the channel's announcement that former MSNBC liberal news host Keith Olbermann would be joining their lineup.

WASHINGTON — Action star Jackie Chan and pop diva Barbra Streisand topped a guest list including three presidents and political and media elites at a US state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — A group which is a persistent critic of media mogul Rupert Murdoch said Thursday that it had paid 86,000 dollars and won a charity auction to have lunch with the News Corp. chairman.