'News of The World' scrapped - News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB

[O.Man]

man poured a glass of water and forgot to drink it

BREAKING: James Murdoch reads answers to committee questions from the tiny writing on the palm of his hands

[Flojo]

some attention grabbing thing to say and it worked..

Bringing attention to their flagship paper for what reason?

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Tom Watson is a boss

[JOHN DOE]

i mean watson used those words in particular to get attention for himself

likening man to a mafia boss - what a cheek! Thats disrespectful and distasteful.

Bet he practiced saying that the night before in from of his bedroom mirror

"everyones gonna pat me on the back for saying that hehehe"

[MARVELL]

i mean watson used those words in particular to get attention for himself

likening man to a mafia boss - what a cheek! Thats disrespectful and distasteful.

Bet he practiced saying that the night before in from of his bedroom mirror

"everyones gonna pat me on the back for saying that hehehe"

hacking phones of dead victims's families, celebs, mps,

even feds are shook that their phones were hacked

employing ex Mi5 peeps to follow lawyers and spy on them

man who first leaked the story and worked for NOTW found dead

you dad has current and preceeding PM on lock, having to fly to meet him and request his support before leading the country

WHATS NOT MAFIOESQUE ABOUT THAT?

[JOHN DOE]

shit. gay ven got me there no homo of course

[Platinum50]

its peak that prospective PMs have to have a meeting with Murdoch to ask for his support, what a joke ting

[JOHN DOE]

(Reuters) - James Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the publishing units within News Corp's British newspaper arm, which used to include the now-defunct News of the World tabloid at the center of the phone hacking scandal, regulatory filings show.

Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert and deputy chief operating officer of News Corp, remains chairman of News International, the News Corp unit that houses its British newspapers, and a member of the Times editorial board.

The News International unit has been damaged this year by the revelation that people working for the popular Sunday tabloid hacked into the phones of thousands to generate news.

Slow-burning investigations into the matter became front-page national news when it was revealed in July that one of the victims was missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler, who appeared to have been picking up voicemails but was later found murdered.

Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks resigned as chief executive of News International the following week, and was replaced by Tom Mockridge, the former head of News Corp-owned Sky Italia, on July 15.

"Following the appointment of Tom Mockridge as CEO of News International, in September James Murdoch stepped down from the boards of a number of News International subsidiary companies including News Group Newspapers (NGN) and Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL)," News International said in a statement.

Mockridge replaced Murdoch on the two company boards.

The filings show that Murdoch resigned on September 13 from Times Newspapers Ltd and on September 19 from NGN. September 13 was the date on which he discovered he would be recalled by a British parliamentary committee to answer more questions.

NGN is the company that has been sued by many of the phone-hacking victims, including Hollywood star Jude Law and his ex-girlfriend, actress Sienna Miller.

Media lawyer Mark Stephens said he did not believe the move had any legal implications for the phone-hacking cases. "He's either liable for what happened under his watch, or he's not," he told Reuters.

James Murdoch survived a vote to remain on the News Corp board last month only thanks to support from his family and another loyal shareholder.

Next week, he faces shareholders of British satellite broadcaster BSkyB, who will have to decide whether he should remain as non-executive chairman.

Some News Corp investors would like to see the company sell its newspapers, in which media interest is disproportionate to the small contribution they make in revenues and profits.

Ivor Gaber, professor of political journalism at London's City University, said the move could indicate that Murdoch was still worried over his own exposure to the phone hacking scandal or that News Corp was preparing to sell its UK newspaper holdings.

"The Sun is now the only thing keeping the ship afloat, in commercial terms," he told Reuters.

PEAK

[Mr Q]

Let's hope that shit rag is the next thing to close down!

[Young £]

man who first leaked the story and worked for NOTW found dead

huh?

story?

[MARVELL]

murdoch thought he was the boss of molluch and they have shown him whos their boss

close down the sun, and let the mirror be next.

if they dig deep enough they will find that smug annoying prick piers morgan probably did the same shit too.

[Fearless-Guy]

 

Max K >>>>>>>>>>

 

bout 4 mins in he goes to different levels