Tag Archives: Rupert Murdoch
James Murdoch offered position at News International
The board of News Corporation today put further pressure on James Murdoch regarding his position in the company, after a number of revelations from Tuesday’s Culture Media and Sport select committee hearing.
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The livestream of Rebekah Brooks, Rupert and James Murdoch’s select committee grilling
Roll up, roll up for the show of the century. Media Bastard points you all towards Rebekah Brooks and the Murdochs receiving a grilling from the Culture Media and Sport Select committee, livestreamed here from 2:3opm on Tuesday July 19: … Continue reading
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David Cameron – coming to a News Interntional conference near you!
So it turns out that Rupert Murdoch’s favourite Prime Minister * took a trip down to Wapping yesterday to have a chinwag with his old pals at The Times. Billed as a “senior cabinet minister” – DC has never liked … Continue reading
News of the World reporter Neville Thurlbeck arrested (and here’s a dirty little story about him…)
The Guardian reports that News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, along with former news editor Ian Edmondson, have been arrested as part of the investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
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The BSkyB deal is just history repeating itself
Jeremy Hunt (say it carefully, now) today announced that Rupert Murdoch is to be allowed to complete the purchase of BSkyB. “Wait, no!” I hear you cry. Surely not? Surely the biggest threat to media plurality since, I don’t know, … Continue reading
Vince Cable learns the Murdoch lesson the hard way
Let this be a lesson to all humankind: Rupert Murdoch is invincible. To go up against him is like throwing yourself into a threshing machine. It doesn’t know you’re there, it doesn’t care and it doesn’t have to do anything … Continue reading
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Welcome to Life™
In the future, we’ll all live in pods. Big, humming technology pods with giant adverts emblazoned on the side of them, bearing the logo of our chosen Life™ provider. At the moment it looks like most pods will show t … Continue reading
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