Will Rupert Murdoch appear tomorrow morning in public (well, on a US conference call) to talk about the second quarter and first-half results for News Corporation after new claims of hacking? Plus other media news of the day.
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Guy Rundle: McMullan testimony a toxic mix of nihilism, self-righteousness and victimhood
Paul McMullan’s appearance before the Leveson inquiry was stomach turning testimony, but it was the best insight yet into what went so badly wrong at the heart of News International culture.
News International: no mafiosi, just a regular corporation
The ability of corporations to evade responsibility for their actions is central to modern corporate governance.
Sun’s past sins put James Murdoch in the firing line
On the eve of his second appearance before a British parliamentary committee on Thursday night, Australian time, James Murdoch has two new bits of contention to deal with.
Media briefs: Politics of subtitling … Murdoch v Murdoch …
The politics of subtitling … Rugby World Cup letter of the Day … In rift between Murdochs, heir becomes less apparent … Phone hacking: News International lawyer says he knew its “rogue reporter” defence was wrong and more …
Media briefs: Gould and Griffith … Joe Hildebrand and #hotgate … Coogan v NotW …
In today’s Media Briefs: Front Page of the Day … Steve Coogan: Why I won’t let News Corp off the hook … News International to sell Wapping site … Beijing newspapers taken over and more …
Crikey Says: James Murdoch, remixed
Last week James Murdoch was endorsed by the board of BSkyB to stay on as the broadcaster’s chairman.
Political snippets: Abbott’s pic opp … or just saddle saw
Tony Abbott mounted his charger yesterday to present yet another novel photo opportunity.
podcast Canberra Calling: The News of the World don’t mention the pie podcast
Crikey’s Canberra Correspondent Bernard Keane and Crikey editor Sophie Black discuss the scandal that’s engulfed News Corporation, both overseas and at home.
LulzSec to release News International emails
Internet mischief makers LulzSec — who hacked Murdoch’s thesun.co.uk earlier this week — apparently have their hands on the famed News International emails which admitted criminal activity was going on at News of the World.
Cameron grilled as Gillard targets News Ltd
It was the day during which the UK prime minister became the latest News of the World victim, with PM David Cameron badgered for 139 minutes in parliament with questioning over his close relationships with News International executives. Cameron conceded that he had spoken to News International execs regarding the now defunct BSkyB deal but declares that he […]
Pity the Murdochs, innocents lost in a world of knaves and fools
The performance of Rupert and James Murdoch before a Commons committee presents News Corp shareholders with a terrible dilemma.
Mayne: how to cross examine Rupert Murdoch
Plenty of advice is being given to the British MPs who will tonight probably end Rupert Murdoch’s 58-year run as CEO of News by simply allowing him to self-destruct in front of a huge global television audience.
@BigHarto: some direction here as the London clusterf*ck unfolds
We can be thankful that here in Australia we have been spared daring social experiments like female CEOs, writes @BigHarto.
How Twitter followed the #NotW scandal
Starring the giant floating heads of Rupert Murdoch, News International exec Rebekah Brooks, PM David Cameron and a host of others, this Guardian infographic explains how the phone hacking scandal broke over Twitter this week.
Your cut-out-’n'-keep guide to News Int allegations
Finding it hard to keep up with the torrent of allegations being fired at News International? Here’s a guide to the allegations thus far.
The end of the World isn’t the end of the matter
Tonight, News Corp employees all over the world are thinking of their mortgages, and feeling their necks.
NotW hacking scandal embroils murdered
children
Crikey media wrap: After months of phone hacking scandals at the Murdoch-owned UK tabloid News of the World, revelations that the voicemail of a missing 13-year-old girl was hacked tipped the debacle into a public war.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: what’s gone missing at News Corp?
It has obviously come as a tremendous shock to Rupert Murdoch and his senior executives to discover that his company’s biggest-selling newspaper, the News of the World, has been systematically and illegally hacking the private voicemails of public figures for years.
What did Murdoch (senior and junior) know, and when did they know it?
Murdoch can control the powers that be in London — and walk free. But if he’s going to take the New York Times down, its message is that he and his son are going down, too, writes Michael Wolff of Newser.com.
News International to drop freebies to airlines, hotels
In a move that strikes fear into the hearts of The Oz execs, News International in the UK, will stop distributing bulk copies of newspapers sold for a nominal amount to hotels and airlines, which give them to clients as complimentary offerings.
Closures, cuts and sales, Murdoch’s new reality
The pace of change is picking up at News Corp, with some significant cost cutting and other revenue enhancing decisions made, under way, or imminent.
