Murdoch Questioning

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  Rupert Murdoch Vows To Play "Active Role" After Passing Torch To Son

  Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday pledged to maintain an "active role" in the business as he handed control of his global empire to son Lachlan, amid questions about how Fox News will handle next year's presidential election.

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  Twitter Neutrality Called Into Question as Elon Musk Posts Partisan Tweets Ahead of US Midterm Elections

  Elon Musk appealed to “independent-minded voters” to vote for the Republican party on Monday, ahead of the US midterm elections that are scheduled to take place on Tuesday. The world's richest man has stepped into the political debate that many tech executives have stayed out of, to prevent their platforms from appearing to favour one party ove...

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  'Self-Censoring' Scandal at Newspaper Roils UK Press Landscape

  One of Britain's most storied newspapers has been accused of self-censoring for commercial gain, raising awkward questions about a centuries-old press culture which has prided itself on its no-holds-barred approach to truth telling.

• Phone-Hacking Trial: Rupert Murdoch in Britain Amid Reports That Police Want to Quiz Him

  News Corporation executive chairman Rupert Murdoch was in London on Thursday, amid reports that police want to question him in the wake of the phone-hacking trial.

• Scotland Yard to Interview Rupert Murdoch: Report

  Scotland Yard detectives have told media mogul Rupert Murdoch that he will be interviewed as a suspect over crimes, including phone-hacking by journalists, at his British newspapers, a media report said today.

• British police question CNN's Piers Morgan over phone-hacking

  British police have questioned CNN host Piers Morgan in connection with allegations of phone-hacking at Daily Mirror, a newspaper he formerly edited, local media reported on Friday.

• Did not know extent of phone-hacking: James Murdoch

  James Murdoch, former Chairman of News International, on Tuesday stuck to his stand that he did not see a crucial email that indicated phone-hacking was widespread in the now-defunct News of the World tabloid, as he faced forensic questioning at an inquiry into media ethics.

• British hacking inquiry to recall James Murdoch

  A parliamentary panel investigating the phone hacking scandal within the British outpost of Rupert Murdoch's media empire said on Tuesday that it would recall his son, James Murdoch, to answer more questions about his knowledge of the affair.

• Blair is godfather to Murdoch's daughter: Sources

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's young children, sources said Monday, raising fresh questions about British political links to the media mogul's empire. The revelation emerged in a Vogue magazine interview with Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, which also contains claims that Blair was present when Murdoch ...

• Ex-aides question Murdoch's testimony over phone hacking

  Putting News International chairman James Murdoch in a tight spot, two of his former executives have questioned his testimony to a parliamentary committee where he pleaded ignorance to the wider practice of phone hacking at his now defunct newspaper News of the World.

• Shocked, appalled and ashamed: Murdoch tells MPs probing phone hacking scandal

  Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal: Rupert Murdoch and his son James appeared Tuesday before British lawmakers probing the phone hacking scandal that has seized public life, raising questions about the police, politicians and the media elite in the worst crisis to confront Prime Minister David Cameron.

• Hacking scandal: Murdochs appear before UK Parliament

  Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal: London's departing police chief revealed Tuesday that 10 of the 45 press officers in his department used to work for News International, but he denied there are any improper links between the force and Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

• U-turn: Murdochs say they plan to go to Parliament

  Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal:Rupert and James Murdoch said on Thursday that they planned to appear before a Parliamentary committee investigating Britain's phone hacking scandal - a sudden U-turn after an extraordinary rebuff of lawmakers seeking to question them.

• Murdoch, Brooks asked to appear before British lawmakers

  Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal:British lawmakers have asked Rupert Murdoch, News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and chairman James Murdoch to answer questions on phone hacking next week, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.