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James Murdoch Set For Top Job At Fox Networks Group
James Murdoch is set to receive responsibility for News Corp’s US television businesses, the Fox Networks Group, reports The Financial Times. Murdoch Junior - already deputy chief operating officer of News Corp - will...
By Michael West on 21 September 2012
Ofcom Investigation Clears Sky Of Phone Hacking Involvement
An Ofcom investigation has ruled that Sky is “fit and proper” to retain their broadcasting license, The Independent reported today (September 20, 2012). The organization was investigated following the phone hacking scandal, involving Sky’s former...
By Hayley Avron on 20 September 2012
Netflix To Do Battle With Sky For Movie Rights
Reed Hastings, the Ceo of media provider Netflix has promised to battle TV giants Sky for the rights to various movies, reports The Telegraph. BskyB, owned by Rupert Murdoch, currently monopolises the rights for Hollywood...
By Lew Irwin on 20 August 2012
Katie Holmes Teaches Suri How To Ride A Bike In Manhattan
Following her split from Tom Cruise, it looks like it's down to Katie Holmes to teach daughter Suri how to ride a bike. The Hollywood actress was spotted with her 6-year-old on the bike path...
By WENN on 19 August 2012
Charlie Sheen's New Show Anger Management Picked Up For 90 More Shows
Anger Management, the latest show starring Charlie Sheen, is poised for a 90 show pick up following continuingly positive audience numbers.The show currently airs on US network FX, which is run by Rupert Murdoch's News...
By Lew Irwin on 12 August 2012
Pitt And Jolie Drawn Into British Hacking Scandal
In what is likely to widen the British telephone hacking scandal to Hollywood, the names of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been included in the list of "23 newsworthy individuals" alleged to have been...
By Lew Irwin on 25 July 2012
Uproar As Kate Middleton And Prince Williams Honeymoon Snaps Leak
An Australian magazine has risked the wrath of the British Royal Family by publishing photographs of Kate Middleton and Prince William enjoying their honeymoon in the Seychelles last year. Though the editors of British publications...
By Lew Irwin on 11 July 2012
Did Katie Holmes Hint At Divorce During Interview?
Soon after Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise announced their plans to divorce last Friday (June 29, 2012), fans began delving into recent photographs of the pair for tell-tale signs of their split. However, it appears...
By WENN on 06 July 2012
Russell Crowe To Play Rupert Murdoch
Russell Crowe is reportedly in line to play Rupert Murdoch in a film.The 'Gladiator' star is tipped to take on the role of the media mogul in a movie based on 'Good Times, Bad Times',...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 June 2012
Leveson Inquiry A Primetime Hit In Australia
The Leveson inquiry into British journalistic ethics, which has focused on the workings of News International, Rupert Murdoch's news organization in the U.K., has become something of a daily morning and afternoon soap opera in...
By Lew Irwin on 15 June 2012
Murdoch And Co. Face New Scandals
While it is unlikely that any coordination was involved, several news outlets yesterday and today (Tuesday) rolled out investigative projects targeting Rupert Murdoch and News Corp, -- among them Britain's BBC, the London Independent ,...
By Lew Irwin on 27 March 2012
Rebekah Brooks 'Loaned' Horse From Met Police
Rebekah Brooks, the former News International Chief Executive, was "loaned" a police horse to look after on her Oxfordshire farm, according to the London Evening Standard. In an eye-opening glimpse into the close relations between...
By Lew Irwin on 28 February 2012
Stop Online Piracy Act Appears Stopped
Congress has yet to vote, but it now seems apparent that in the battle between the movie studios/television networks/recording industry and the Internet, over the House and Senate antipiracy bills, the Internet has won. Deluged...
By Lew Irwin on 19 January 2012
Mpaa Denounces Websites Protesting Against Sopa
The motion picture industry fired back at websites that decided to go dark or otherwise interrupt services today (Wednesday) to protest against anti-piracy bills that are due to be voted on in the House and...
By Lew Irwin on 18 January 2012
New York City Pension Funds To Vote Against Murdochs
Add New York City's pension funds to those of other large shareholders who plan to vote against the reelection of Rupert Murdoch, his sons James and Lachlan, and their close associates sitting on the board...
By Lew Irwin on 20 October 2011
U.k. Mobile Phone Companies Contradict Police On Celeb Voicemails
The four largest mobile phone companies in Britain have all denied assertions by Scotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner John Yates that he had "ensured" that the companies had contacted every celebrity and politician whose voicemails were...
By Lew Irwin on 15 June 2011
Could Murdoch Keep A Lid On Growing Hacking Scandal?
Rupert Murdoch and his legal advisers may have hit upon a legal scheme that could contain the growing scandal over telephone hacking by his London newspapers -- in particular, his Sunday tabloid News of the...
By Lew Irwin on 13 April 2011
Wikileaks Founder Says He's Holding Murdoch Files As "Insurance"
Wikileaks head leaker Julian Assange said Wednesday that he has withheld release of a stack of presumably damaging files about Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation as "insurance ... if something happens to me or to...
By Lew Irwin on 13 January 2011
George Michael: 'Murdoch Is The Devil'
Pop star GEORGE MICHAEL has launched a scathing attack on RUPERT MURDOCH, labelling the media mogul "the devil". The former WHAM! singer, 43, is stunned by Murdoch's control over a large percentage of the world's...
By WENN on 01 November 2006
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