News Corp. posts higher 2Q earnings, revenue
Media conglomerate News Corp. says earnings for the last three months of 2012 grew, helped by higher revenue at its pay TV networks and gains from acquisitions.
Business
Feb 6, 2013
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Same laws must apply to bloggers, tweeters: Leveson
The man who led the inquiry into Britain's phone-hacking scandal has warned that bloggers and tweeters should be subject to the same laws as traditional media outlets to prevent a decline in standards of journalism.
Internet
Dec 13, 2012
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News Corp split in motion. Murdoch names unit chief
Rupert Murdoch put the future of his newspaper and publishing empire in the hands of a fellow Australian on Monday as he set in motion the split of his media-entertainment conglomerate, News Corp.
Business
Dec 3, 2012
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James Murdoch easily re-elected to BSkyB board
(AP)—James Murdoch has been re-elected to the board of British Sky Broadcasting with little opposition.
Business
Nov 1, 2012
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Shareholder unrest voiced at News Corp
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch faced calls to give up some of his control at the News Corp. conglomerate at a shareholder meeting Tuesday that was unlikely to change the balance of power.
Business
Oct 16, 2012
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UK regulator finds BSkyB 'fit and proper' (Update)
(AP)—British Sky Broadcasting is a "fit and proper" company to hold an operating license, U.K. regulators said Thursday in response to the phone hacking scandal that engulfed the parent company. But it criticized the former ...
Business
Sep 20, 2012
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News Corp. seeks dismissal of lawsuit over hacking
(AP)—News Corp. attorneys are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging that company directors allowed a damaging cover-up of the phone hacking scandal in Britain.
Business
Sep 19, 2012
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News Corp shares rise on doubled share buyback
(AP) -- Shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. rose Thursday after the company posted upbeat quarterly results and doubled its commitment to buying back shares.
Business
May 10, 2012
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BSkyB declares itself 'fit and proper'
(AP) -- British Sky Broadcasting PLC on Wednesday defended itself as a "fit and proper" company, a day after Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of the satellite broadcaster's biggest shareholder, was branded as unfit to ...
Business
May 2, 2012
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At inquiry, Rupert Murdoch defends 50-year record
(AP) -- News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that his globe-spanning TV and newspaper empire doesn't carry as much political sway as is often believed, telling a British inquiry into media ethics that he wasn't ...
Business
Apr 25, 2012
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