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News Corp considers splitting in two
Australian stock in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have jumped after a report that the company may split its publishing assets from its entertainment arm.
Rebekah Brooks charged over phone hacking scandal
Rebekah Brooks has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone hacking scandal at one of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers.
News Corp comes clean on scale of hacking cover-up
The British newspaper arm of News Corp has admitted to victims that executives covered up the scale of illegal activity by destroying evidence.
New twist in News Corp scandal with journalist’s arrest
The phone-hacking scandal at News Corp threatens to spread to other titles, as another journalist at the <em>Sun</em> newspaper is arrested.
Rupert Murdoch taps Chase Carey as next in line
Rupert Murdoch acknowledged for the first time publicly that his son James is not the preferred choice to succeed him as News Corp CEO.
Murdochs fight to stay afloat as sharks circle
Pressure is growing for the Murdoch family to provide an even greater sacrifice for the survival of the media empire’s profits.
Journalists to launch first iPad newspaper
Stop the presses — completely. The world’s first iPad newspaper, the <em>Daily</em>, is prepping for launch.
MySpace ‘set to cut up to 50% of staff’
Struggling social network seeks to cut costs as parent News Corp explores sell-off, according to reports.
News Corp’s Murdoch warns he may block Google
Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp empire.
Can you watch on the trot?
News Corp’s online social network MySpace is about to make video clips from its members’ pages available for viewing on mobile devices.
Murdoch tightens control of Journal
The former Times editor Robert Thomson was named managing editor of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday night as Rupert Murdoch tightened control of the world’s top selling…
Murdoch concedes in the fight for Newsday
Rupert Murdoch has abandoned his -million attempt to buy Newsday in an about-turn likely to relieve campaigners pressing for diversity in United States media ownership. Murdoch’s…
Super 14 revamp on the cards
An expanded United States conference-style Super rugby series is being touted by the New Zealand Rugby Union as a way of reviving the flagging Super 14 rugby tournament for the…
Investors eye Yahoo!’s alternatives to Microsoft
Yahoo! faced growing pressure on Sunday to find an alternative strategy to Microsoft’s ,5-billion takeover offer after the software maker walked away over a disagreement on…
Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo!
Microsoft walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo! on Saturday after the internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by -billion to ,5-billion. Microsoft’s offer was…