Britain's Cameron faces grilling on hacking crisis
Prime Minister David Cameron will be grilled by parliament on Wednesday about his decision to employ a former tabloid newspaper editor caught up in a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment.
Rupert Murdoch attacked in UK Parliamentary hearing
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - A man threw a plate of white foam over News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch during a committee hearing into the hacking scandal at one of his newspapers at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday.
"The most humble day of my life" - Rupert Murdoch says
News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch said "this is the most humble day of my life" as he and son James appeared before a British parliamentary committee looking into allegations of phone hacking at the company's News of the World newspaper.
Murdochs face questions in UK parliament
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his son James face questions from parliament on Tuesday in a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment right up to Prime Minister David Cameron.
UK media ponders changes hacking scandal may bring
Widespread revulsion over Britain's phone hacking scandal could have far-reaching implications for media rivals who might otherwise be tempted to gloat over the problems of press baron Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp empire.
Hacking scandal fells Britain's top policeman
A phone-hacking scandal centred on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp cost Britain's top policeman his job and renewed questions on Monday about Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment.
RPT-ANALYSIS-Press barons lose information monopoly in Twitter era
Britain's celebrities might no longer have to worry about the News of the World hacking phones or rifling their bins, but the manner of the paper's demise shows controlling information is getting much more difficult.
BSkyB says confident in independent future
LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Pay-TV operator BSkyB said it remained confident in its future as a standalone company after major shareholder News Corp dropped its bid for the 61 percent of the company it did not already own.