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Tag: News of the World
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Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 05:06 UTC
Parliament to question PM Cameron on links with the Murdoch empire
British PM David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa and will fly home on Tuesday to defend himself from a scandal that has battered Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forced British police chiefs to resign and raised doubts about the prime minister's judgment.
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 18:31 UTC
Media tycoon Murdoch refuses a summons by British Parliament
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch refused a summons by Britain's parliament to answer questions over alleged crimes at one of his newspapers, leaving a senior executive from his media empire to face lawmakers keen to break the media mogul's grip on politics.
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Wednesday, July 13th 2011 - 16:12 UTC
UK political system targets News Corporation: end of Murdoch’s empire?
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has announced that it is dropping its planned bid to take full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The announcement came as the House of Commons prepared to vote for a motion supported by all major party leaders calling on Mr Murdoch to do so.
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Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 07:30 UTC
Police reveal former PM Brown could have been victim of Murdoch’s tabloid
Police have said that former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may have been a victim of phone hacking by an investigator working for British newspapers, his spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 07:23 UTC
News of the World bought UK royal family details from police team, says BBC
The News of the World newspaper bought contact details about the royal family from a policeman, the BBC reported today, deepening the scandal engulfing the News Corp media empire.
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Monday, July 11th 2011 - 08:05 UTC
News of the World exits but the political consequences have just begun
British government lawyers are drawing up a plan to block Rupert Murdoch's bid for the pay-TV operator BSkyB, the Independent newspaper reported on Monday.
