James Murdoch

James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, the British arm of News Corporation. Murdoch and his role at News International have come under scrutiny amid Britain’s expanding phone hacking scandal at Murdoch-owned newspapers such as the now-defunct News of the World. Joining The Takeaway is John Burns, […]

News Corporation deputy COO James Murdoch is testifying before British Parliament for a second time this morning. Murdoch is answering questions over  discrepancies between his testimony before the committee in July and evidence that has emerged since.  

On Tuesday morning, Rupert and James Murdoch and former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks testified in front of Parliament, and the world was watching. The questioning was the subject of  widespread  media coverage, and not just in the U.K. where the newspaper was sold. Here in the U.S., journalists have covered each dramatic development of […]

News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch and his son James are now appearing before the British Parliament, to answer questions over the phone hacking scandal that has enveloped the media conglomerate for nearly two weeks. Later, Rebekah Brooks, the former head of News Corp.’s British newspaper operations who was editor of News of the World  at the […]