Rupert Murdoch has spoken for the first time about the moment he learned Tony Blair spent secret weekends with his ex-wife Wendy Deng. The former British Prime minister made a number of visits to Deng at Murdoch’s California ranch, according
On Saturday evening, Breitbart London began to pick up information about a Belgian daily newspaper – described to us as “the Belgian version of The Guardian” – published a grossly offensive image of U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife
(Reuters) – Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief and a former Rupert Murdoch editor, agreed to fund the hacking of phones of aides to Britain’s Prince William and Harry, a former reporter told a London court on Tuesday. Clive Goodman,
Michael Gove is by some distance the most brilliant and effective member of David Cameron’s Cabinet. All right: so maybe this is a bit like being the fastest downhill ski-racer in Jamaica, or the greatest military hero in Italy, or
LONDON (AP) — Almost four months into her trial, Rebekah Brooks is finally getting her day in court. After watching in silence from the dock as her alleged crimes were dissected, the 45-year-old former newspaper editor, once Rupert Murdoch’s top
A new political party in India that is fighting against crony capitalism is threatening politicians in the world’s largest democracy. According to Bloomberg News, the Aam Aadmi (“Common Man”) Party has gained “sudden popularity” by combating graft and crony capitalism,
(AP) 3 UK journalists plead guilty to phone hackingBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONA prosecutor said Wednesday that there was “a conspiracy which involved a significant number of people” to hack phones at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World, revealing that
We are going to punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us. -President Barack Obama, October 2010 The Obama Justice Department has increased Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was re-elected chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc despite protests from shareholder groups who sought to separate the chairman and chief executive positions of the family-dominated company. Shareholders elected the 82-year-old CEO,
I’d like to congratulate the voters of Australia for doing what the voters of America should have done in 2012: Australia’s conservative leader Tony Abbott swept into office in national elections on Saturday as voters punished the outgoing Labor government
The controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is interested in purchasing the Los Angeles Times. The Times’ Bill Shaikin reported on Friday that Mark Walter, who is the chief executive of the Guggenheim Partners group that put up much
Zimbabwe’s government on Sunday denied a report in the British newspaper The Times that it had reached a secret uranium export deal with Iran. The Times story published Saturday quoted outgoing deputy minister of mines Gift Chimanikire that Zimbabwe signed
(AP) – News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from Wendi Deng Murdoch, his wife since 1999. Murdoch filed a one-page document Thursday indicating that he was opening a divorce case in New York State Supreme Court in
(AP) Ferguson key in Man U’s financial transformationBy PAN PYLASAssociated PressLONDONManchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson. Apple and Steve Jobs. Will one of the world’s most recognized soccer clubs face the same challenges the world’s technology darling did after the
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) wrote a letter to Rupert Murdoch to “urge” him to not broadcast this Saturday’s NRA 500 NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway because the winner of the race will, following tradition, shoot blanks from six-shooters
Daily Kos and a group called the Courage Campaign are running petitions to keep the LA Times out of the hands of the Koch Brothers. Together the two groups have gathered about 45,000 signatures. The LA Times is up for
Hugh Grant is best known for his stammering, bemused characters in movies like Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. The actor proved that’s simply a cinematic concoction with his latest essay, written for UK’s The Observer. Seems Grant,
At the exact same time BuzzFeed Politics’ Andrew Kaczynski was puffing himself as The Arbiter Of Journalistic Ethics with some new rules about how it’s now wrong to write stories based on what you’re told by unnamed sources, he was
LONDON (Reuters) – British police investigating the hacking of mobile phones to generate stories at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid made six more arrests of journalists or former journalists on Wednesday. The phone hacking in the new
Former Al Jazeera English anchor Dave Marash talks to Howard Kurtz about his old employer’s takeover of Current TV. HOWARD KURTZ, CNN HOST: Dave, is it fair to simply brand it the anti-American network? You worked there and had some
(AP) UK paper suing Lance Armstrong over libel caseLONDONA British newspaper is suing Lance Armstrong for more than $1.5 million after it settled a libel case over doping allegations, saying that revelations of the cycling star’s use of performance-enhancing drugs
“Gabe Sherman is Jayson Blair on steroids.” That’s one tough assessment of Gabriel Sherman, the over-eager reporter and from-a-great-distance biographer of Roger Ailes. Who said it? A well-placed source close to Fox News. And the source makes a very strong
Reports indicate the Connecticut shooter had three firearms in his possession when he drove to the school on Friday — a Glock 9mm, a Sig Sauer 9mm, and an AR-15 (reportedly a Bushmaster). That’s two handguns (Glock and Sig Sauer) and one
In the wake of a shooting massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut, New Corp. Chief Rupert Murdoch tweeted the following: – Terrible news today. When will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons?As in Oz after similar tragedy. —
