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News Corp to stop printing more than 100 Australian papers
News Corp Australia says the permanent changes had been brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which had impacted the sustainability of local publishing

60 Australian newspapers to stop printing
'The coronavirus crisis has created unprecedented economic pressures and we are doing everything we can to preserve as many jobs as possible,' says News Corp Australasia Executive Chairman Michael Miller

UK regulator says Fox's Sky takeover 'not in public interest'
The Competition and Markets Authority 'has provisionally found that Fox taking full control of Sky is not in the public interest due to media plurality concern'

Blockbuster: Disney to buy 21st Century Fox assets for $52.4 billion
The deal poses a challenge to Netflix and other emerging platforms

Rupert Murdoch marries Jerry Hall in London
The couple who got engaged last January had a civil ceremony at the Spencer House in London s exclusive St James s district

Western media 'welcome' in China, Xi tells Murdoch
Chinese President Xi says Western media organizations are welcome to cover stories on the country s development to the world

Murdoch's Fox buys National Geographic media unit
Fox will pay 725 million for a 73 stake in the new entity called National Geographic Partners with the nonprofit Washington organization holding the remaining 27

Rupert Murdoch steps down as chief of 21st Century Fox
The report says James Murdoch 42 would take over day to day management at Fox

George Clooney to make film about British phone hacking scandal
Hack Attack is based on book written by journalist Nick Davies

Murdoch moves on from Time Warner bid, hails earnings
The company s profits increased on box office results from its Hollywood studio

Murdoch's 21st Century Fox made Time Warner bid
The bid which would have combined two of the world s biggest media entertainment empires if allowed to proceed is for 80 billion

UK tabloid ex-editor tells of payments to public officials
Brooks tells the phone hacking trial that she had permitted such payments on a handful of occasions between 1998 and 2009
Rebekah Brooks prepares to testify in UK hacking trial
After nearly four months of hearings lawyers for Brooks a former editor of the now defunct News of the World tabloid were due to begin presenting the case for the defense
British reporter admits hacking at Murdoch paper and rival
British actor Jude Law also gives evidence at the trial telling the jury that the media seemed to have an unhealthy amount of information about his private life
Former News of the World editors were lovers, trial hears
Prosecutors in the UK phone hacking scandal say former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had an affair
UK trial hears Murdoch protégée 'set up team that used hacking'
A prosecutor says Rebekah Brooks set up an investigations team that was involved in phone hacking
Britain's high-profile phone-hacking trial to open
Rupert Murdoch s key aide Rebekah Brooks and the British prime minister s former media chief Andy Coulson are among the defendants
Australian election clock ticks down on divisive campaign
Voters have reacted with distaste over the brutal party coups as well as the lowbrow tone of a campaign which has seen both sides descend into cheap shots and personality politics
Abbott hits back at Australia PM over Murdoch link claims
Abbott spoke after Rudd went on national television late Wednesday August 7 to accuse his rival of conspiring with the Australian born media magnate
Rudd faces battle as Australian election campaign begins
Kevin Rudd faces an uphill battle after what newspapers said was years of a toxic political climate that saw Julia Gillard topple him as Labor leader in 2010
'Financial Times not for sale' to Murdoch — Pearson
British publisher Pearson denies that it is in deal talks with media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Abu Dhabi s state media group for the sale of Financial Times Group
Murdoch, Abu Dhabi group eye Financial Times: report
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Abu Dhabi s state media group are in talks to acquire the Financial Times Group for about 1 2 billion a report says
Media magnate Murdoch divorces 3rd wife
A source close to News Corp said the couple had a pre nuptial agreement but did not elaborate
British PM's ex-aide denies phone hacking
British Prime Minister David Cameron s former media chief Andy Coulson pleads not guilty to intercepting mobile phone voicemail messages of public figures
Murdoch blasts 'racist' Australia on skilled visas
Rupert Murdoch condemns the tightening of the 457 class skilled visa program
The Sun tabloid to go behind paywall in Britain
The announcement comes a day after the Daily Telegraph extended its international paywall to include domestic readers
Four arrested over hacking at UK's Mirror newspapers
British police arrests a tabloid editor and three other journalists for suspected phone hacking at Trinity Mirror newspapers
Murdoch's British newspaper chief leaves company
Tom Mockridge s departure sets the stage for an anticipated restructure of News Corporation into two separate divisions with a publishing arm controlling newspapers and an entertainment business for television and film interests
Journalism's creative destruction
The phoenix rising out of the ashes will bring greater transparency and the journalist’s role will be as essential in the future as it is today
British inquiry urges new laws for 'outrageous' press
A judge called for legislation to underpin a new regulator for Britain s outrageous newspapers
Murdoch makes takeover bid for Packer media group
Tycoon James Packer s majority owned Consolidated Media Holdings receives a formal US 2 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch s News Limited
Murdoch tweets support for Prince Harry over nude photos
Rupert Murdoch calls for critics to give Prince Harry a break over his nude pictures
Rupert Murdoch quits boards of British newspapers
Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as director of a number of companies behind British newspapers The Sun The Times and The Sunday Times
2 journalists arrested in Britain media probe
Police arrest two British journalists for corruption charges
Scientologists 'creepy,' says Murdoch on Tom Cruise
Was Holmes driven to divorce because of her husband s devotion to the religion?
News Corp splitting publishing, entertainment divisions
Rupert Murdoch says the new corporate structure will make News Corp s businesses grow to new heights
News Corp board agrees to split in principle: WSJ
The board of Rupert Murdoch s News Corp agrees in principle to separate its larger entertainment division from struggling publishing businesses
News Corp considers splitting into two: report
Australian stock in Rupert Murdoch s News Corp jumped 2 41 percent Tuesday June 26 after a report that the company may be split in half separating its publishing assets from its bigger entertainment arm
Murdoch makes $2-B bid for Consolidated Media
Rupert Murdoch s News Limited makes a 2 billion takeover bid for rival tycoon James Packer s majority owned Consolidated Media Holdings
Ex-Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks in British court
Rebekah Brooks the former top aide to Rupert Murdoch and friend of British premier David Cameron appeared in court for the first time Wednesday to face charges relating to the phone hacking scandal
British PM's ex-aide charged in perjury probe
Andy Coulson an ex editor of News of the World was charged with perjury over a phone hacking scandal
Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' to run big company: UK lawmakers
British lawmakers say Rupert Murdoch had showed willful blindness over phone hacking at his news company and was not fit to run a major company
Murdochs in line for criticism in phone hacking report
Lawmakers on the cross party committee are reportedly divided on how far to criticise the Murdochs over the phone hacking scandal which prompted them to close down their 168 year old News of the World tabloid in July
UK government under fire for Murdoch empire links
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch s son got regular confidential updates from the British government over News Corp s bid for full control of pay TV giant BSkyB