Fox Studio, TV Divisions Boost News Corp. Q2 Profits Despite Hacking Investigation

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch credits the film division, the cable networks and the TV network. Publishing? Don't ask

  

U.S. Authorities Looking Into Murdoch Foreign Payments

February 7, 2012 By Reuters 2 days ago

The FBI has found scant evidence of phone hacking, but foreign bribery may fell some of Rupert Murdoch's employees

  

News Corp. Names Bloomberg Executive Lex Fenwick CEO of Dow Jones

February 2, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Lex Fenwick, a 25-year Bloomberg veteran, will oversee the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and other properties

  

Teri Everett Leaving as News Corp.'s Top PR Officer

January 30, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Julie Henderson will be elevated to chief communications officer

  

British Police Say News of the World Reporters Lied to Them

January 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 weeks ago

Cops claim journalists at now-shuttered News Corp. tabloid misled them and obstructed search for missing girl later found dead

  

News International Settles With 19 Phone Hacking Victims, Fees May Reach $10M

January 19, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 weeks ago

Jude Law is one of those who has reached a settlement while Steve Coogan and other waits

  

Rupert Murdoch on MySpace: 'We Screwed Up in Every Way Possible'

January 13, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 weeks ago

The News Corp. chairman and CEO tweeted about the company's botched acquisition

  

Saudi Prince Invests $300 Million in Twitter

December 19, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 7 weeks ago

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is already a shareholder in CItigroup, General Motors, Apple and News Corp.

  

News Corp. Phone Hacking Scandal Nears 20 Arrests

December 7, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator who worked for the News of the World, has been arrested

  

News Corp. Hacking Extended to UK National Security (Report)

November 29, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 10 weeks ago

New allegations surface that News Corp.’s UK publishing arm hacked into the computer of former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain

  

James Murdoch Survives BSkyB Shareholder Vote

November 29, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 10 weeks ago

News Corp.'s massive stake in the company made the vote perfunctory, but almost a third of independent shareholders opposed Murdoch's re-election

  

Discovered: James Murdoch Resigned From U.K. Newspaper Boards in September

November 23, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 11 weeks ago

One was the owner of the scandal-ridden News of the World

  

Zynga Exec Owen Van Natta Resigns

November 17, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

The former MySpace and Facebook exec will stay on as an adviser and board member as the company nears its IPO

  

Fox Reporter: A Klan Rally Taught Me How to Cover Occupy Wall Street (Video)

November 17, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

Adam Shapiro on the heckling he's gotten, keeping stoners off the air -- and why the Occupy Wall Streeters have more in common with the Tea Party than they'd like to think

  

BSkyB Board Backs James Murdoch as Chairman

November 11, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

Parliament to rule he was "ill-informed" but not "mendacious," according to the Guardian

  

James Murdoch Denies Lying to Parliament, Refutes Mafia Comparison (Video)

November 10, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

Pressed by the committee, Murdoch stands by his prior testimony

  

Earnings Scorecard: Who's Up, Who's Down This Season

November 2, 2011 By Diane Garrett 14 weeks ago

Time Warner fared well in its latest earnings report while Sony and News Corp. took their hits

  

News Corp. & Phone Hacking: You Can Dodge, But You Can't Hide

November 2, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

News Corp. may want to focus on its earnings, but this scandal isn't going anywhere in the eyes of the media

  

News Corp. Beats Q1 Estimates Despite Scandal Drag on Earnings

November 2, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

Income dropped during the quarter in part due to $91 million restructuring charge for its U.K. newspaper business

  

News Corp. Shareholders Vote Big Against Murdoch Sons

October 24, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 15 weeks ago

Excluding family members, a majority of shareholders opposed the re-election of James and Lachlan Murdoch

  

Rupert Murdoch, Sons, Re-Elected to News Corp.'s Board

October 21, 2011 By Brent Lang & Lucas Shaw 15 weeks ago

The media baron faces tough questions about phone hacking scandal -- vote results due later Friday

  

Why Hulu Got Yanked Off the Auction Block

October 13, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 16 weeks ago

The decision to cancel came about gradually, as the bids became more complicated and Hulu continued to drive growth

  

More News Corp. Trouble: WSJ Circulation Scam Claims Euro Publishing Chief

October 12, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

The Guardian reports that one of Rupert Murdoch's key deputies, Andrew Langhoff, has resigned amid accusations that the Journal was buying copies of its own paper

  

Yahoo Drops Out of Hulu Sweepstakes (Report)

October 10, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 17 weeks ago

Google, Amazon and Dish Network remain in the hunt

  

News Corp.'s The Daily Failing to Meet Expectations

September 28, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 19 weeks ago

Bloomberg reports readership sits at 120,000 a week -- far less than what Rupert Murdoch said it needed to break even

  

UK Phone Hacking Lawyer Pursues News Corp. Suit in U.S.

September 23, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 19 weeks ago

Mark Lewis, who represents the family of Milly Dowler, is teaming with U.S. lawyers to take on Rupert and James Murdoch

  

News Corp. COO Chase Carey Denies 9/11 Hacking Evidence

September 21, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 20 weeks ago

Says there is "nothing we've seen" to substantiate the claim

  

Hacking Settlement: News Corp. to Pay $4.7M to Family of Slain Girl, Charity

September 19, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 20 weeks ago

The media conglomerate's British publishing subsidiary will pay Milly Dowler's family $3.1 million and donate $1.6 million to charity

  

News Corp. Shareholders Add to Suit: Say Phone Hacking Is Only Latest Impropriety

September 13, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 21 weeks ago

They claim that phone hacking is the latest in a sustained pattern of failed corporate governance and illicit activity at media conglomerate

  

News Corp.'s James Murdoch Lied to Parliament, Former Employees Testify

September 6, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 22 weeks ago

The News of the World's former editor and lawyer restate their prior claims that Murdoch knew of an e-mail that he told Parliament he did not

  

Rupert Murdoch Nets $12.5M Bonus, Son James Declines Bonus (Updated)

September 2, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 22 weeks ago

Compensation for many top executives rises after a strong year while the phone hacking scandal seems to have had no effect

  

News Corp. Nominates Venture Capitalist to Board as Two Members Depart

September 2, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 22 weeks ago

Thomas Perkins, considered one of the more independent board members, will not return while James Breyer faces a vote to join the board in October