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Questioning the need for additional regulation of the press, he said existing laws were already in place to deal with wrongdoing by "rogue" reporters. And he praised News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch for his decision to open a Sun on...
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A YouGov poll puts the Lib Dems on just four per cent in the north, notes Political Scrapbook. Nicholas Watt takes issue with the Newsnight presenter's criticism of the former Prime Minister. Over at Political Betting, Mike Smithson asks how much...
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News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch leaves a restaurant in London February 17, 2012. Murdoch vowed to launch a Sunday edition of his scandal-hit Sun tabloid on Friday in a bid to win over angry staff mounting one of the biggest... View Photo »
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Just been to Google search for 'Mission Impossible.' Wow, several sites offering free links. I rest my case ... Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells [ads] around them. No wonder [it's] pouring millions into lobbying.
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Michael Gove: Murdoch Should Be Applauded For The Sun On Sunday, Leveson Creating A "Chilling Atmosphere"
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Murdoch, who is in... Vince Cable's decision to appoint Les Ebdon as the chair of the Office for Fair Acess (OFFA) has come under fire from Tory MPs in... News International has slapped down questions by phone-hacking campaigner Tom Watson MP on...
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His power schmoozing clearly had an effect. In 2007, Ian McWhirter rightly had a right go at the Sun for its Holyrood polling day front page of a noose and the words "Vote SNP today and you put Scotland's head in the noose". A charming bunch, they are,...
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In this photo made available by News International News International of Rupert Murdoch (right) talking to staff during a tour of The Sun newsroom, London Friday Feb. 17, 2012. Murdoch moved to quell growing disquiet at Britain's top-selling newspaper... View Photo »
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The reason Rupert Murdoch has so much power is because we choose to give it to him
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By the fifth day of 1969 he had mortgaged his entire business to purchase The News of the World, then a bloated and barely-profitable behemoth of a paper. Forty years on and Keith Rupert Murdoch has flown into London again, with one last gamble on his...
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A spokesman for the First Minister confirmed they spoke on the telephone this morning, but said they did not discuss the editorial stance of News International Newspapers. But Willie Rennie, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, said: “After Rupert...
About Rupert Murdoch
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Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC (pronounced /ˈruːpɚt ˈmɝːdɒk/; born 11 March 1931) is an American media mogul. He is the founder, a major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp). Full Article
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Then-chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, arrives at Rupert Murdoch's flat in central London in this July 10, 2011, file photo. The centre of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper clean-up operation is an unimposing set of offices hidden away in a corner of the company's...
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The last edition of News of the World newspaper goes on sale alongside other British Sunday newspapers in London in this July 9, 2011, file photo. The centre of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper clean-up operation is an unimposing set of offices hidden away in a corner of the company's...
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News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch listens to remarks while participating in the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington in this November 16, 2009, file photo. The centre of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper clean-up operation is an...
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A policeman talks to a protester bearing a placard outside the building where News International chairman James Murdoch, the son of News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch, was to give evidence in the on-going News of the World phone hacking scandal in London on November 10, 2011. James Murdoch...
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A protester (C) wearing a mask of News International chairman James Murdoch, the son of News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch, poses with a mock-up of a newspaper 'the Son' with other placard bearing protesters outside the houses of parliament where Murdoch was to give evidence in the...
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Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, (NUJ), center, arrives to testify at the final day of the first phase of the Leveson Inquiry, in central London, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Rupert Murdoch's News International has settled nearly all the cases...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 14: News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch (L) shakes hands with Joel Klein (R) during a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform on October 14, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Rupert Murdoch was the keynote speaker at the two-day National Summit...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 14: News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch pauses as he delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform on October 14, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Rupert Murdoch was the keynote speaker at the two-day National Summit on Education Reform.
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 11: Protesters with the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement stand in front of the residence of NewsCorp CEO Rupert Murdoch on October 11, 2011 in New York City. Hundreds of activists marched along 5th avenue and Park Avenue stopping in front of the buildings where...
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In this photo released by FIFA, its President Sepp Blatter meets with News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch Thursday Jan. 26 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland, weeks after their organizations signed a $425 million broadcast deal. Murdoch's American network Fox Broadcasting Company agreed...
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This file picture taken on July 15, 2011 shows News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch (C) speaking to the media after meeting the family of murdered British school girl Milly Dowler in London. The owners of the now-defunct News of the World will pay two million pounds to the family of...
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An image of media mogul Rupert Murdoch appearing as buddha is seen on an advertising poster on a building in Wellington on September 8, 2011.
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News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch leaves his London home on July 11, 2011. Media baron Rupert Murdoch Monday fought to keep his bid for satellite broadcaster BSkyB alive after reports that his top executives were aware of the widespread phone-hacking which felled News of the World. Murdoch...
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BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch (L) and his father, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, appear in images made from television as they are questioned by parliamentary committee on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London in a July 19, 2011 file photo. The British...
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Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch and wife Wendi Deng arrive at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 15, 2012.
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Protesters hold banners outside the offices of Rupert Murdoch's Herald Sun newspaper during a demonstration in Melbourne on July 27, 2011. The protest called for an investigation in Murdoch's Australian newspaper interests, News Ltd, after the News of the World phone hacking scandal in...
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A protester writes 'Jail Murdoch - Not Assange' in reference to the case of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, on the ground outside the offices of Rupert Murdoch's Herald Sun newspaper during a protest in Melbourne on July 27, 2011. The protest called for an investigation in...
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BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch, who is also head of News Corp in Europe and Asia, walks off stage after a rehearsal for his James MacTaggert Memorial lecture as part of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, August in this 28, 2009, file photo. The...
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Kelvin MacKenzie, who edited the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sun between 1981 and 1994, leaves the High Court in central London after giving evidence to the Leveson enquiry Monday Jan. 9, 2012. The blunt-spoken former newspaper editor who once said that if a story "sounded right it was...
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