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News Corporation Withdraws Bid For BSkyB

News Corporation has withdrawn its bid for BSkyB after deciding it could not continue in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

Rupert Murdoch facing BSkyB defeat as parties unite in call to drop takeover

Rupert Murdoch will today face the humiliation of the Commons issuing a unanimous all-party call for his scandal-ridden News Corporation to withdraw its £8bn bid for BSkyB, the great commercial prize he has been pursuing to cement his dominance of the British media landscape.

News Corp. on verge of Myspace sale: WSJ

Loic Venance Yahoo! News 06/29/2011
News Corp. on verge of Myspace sale: WSJ

News Corp. is on the verge of selling Myspace and a deal could include laying off more than half of the troubled social network's staff, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Murdoch's New International admits phone hacking, offers apologies to victims

News International today admitted liability and ''apologised unreservedly'' to a number of public figures over the News of the World phone hacking allegations.

UK greenlights News Corp. buyout of Sky

Jane Wardell Yahoo! News 03/04/2011
James Murdoch named News Corp. deputy COO

James Murdoch, the youngest son of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, was named deputy chief operating officer of the news and entertainment giant on Wednesday.

UK greenlights News Corp. buyout of Sky

Rupert Murdoch's global media empire is poised to grow ever bigger after the British government approved plans by News Corp. to buy full control of satellite TV operator British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC.

Newspaper Phone-Hack Probe Involves Thousands of People

Scotland Yard last night admitted the discovery of new potential victims of the phone-hacking scandal, opening the way to a wave of further damaging privacy claims by politicians and celebrities against Rupert Murdoch's News International.

News Corp. puts Myspace on the block

News Corp. put ailing social network Myspace up for sale on Wednesday. "We recognize that the plan to allow Myspace to reach its full potential may be best developed under a new ownership structure and we're evaluating those strategic alternatives," News Corp. chief operating officer Chase Carey said.

News Corp. Launches Digital Daily

RUSSELL ADAMS The Wall Street Journal 02/03/2011

News Corp weighs MySpace options

Yinka Adegoke and Jennifer Saba Reuters 11/30/2010
News Corp. Launches Digital Daily

News Corp. on Wednesday unveiled The Daily, a tablet newspaper that Chairman Rupert Murdoch described as "the model" for making news gathering a viable business in the digital age.

News Corp weighs MySpace options

News Corp is open to a sale of beleaguered MySpace after a relaunch of the social network as an entertainment site, Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey told Reuters.


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