News of the World to close – full statement
Apparently sensational news from News International – this Sunday will see the last edition of the News of the World. Drastic action, so it seems, to distance the company once and for all from the...
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Live blog: PM’s press conference and Andy Coulson arrest
Andy Coulson, former head of communications to David Cameron in Number 10, has been arrested for phone hacking and corruption. This came less than an hour after a press conference at which David...
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Watch BSkyB plummet
This is what happened to BSkyB’s shares just after the government announced it would back Labour’s motion on Wednesday calling for Rupert Murdoch to abandon his bid for the shares in the company he...
View ArticleWhom did Cameron meet and when?
The lists are out. We now know everyone who has been to Chequers since the election, and separately, every media figure the prime minister has met in that time. Of interest: James Murdoch has stayed at...
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The Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks testify before MPs
Parliament took centre stage today in the phone hacking scandal when Rebekah Brooks answered MPs’ questions about phone hacking. Earlier, Rupert and James Murdoch gave their testimonies. 19.30: Nearly...
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Rupert Murdoch at Leveson: As it happened
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Welcome to our live coverage of the Leveson Inquiry into the standards and ethics of the UK press, on the day when Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, is...
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Rupert Murdoch at Leveson: Day 2 as it happened
REUTERS/POOL via Reuters TV Welcome to our live coverage of the Leveson Inquiry into the standards and ethics of the UK press, on the second day when Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of...
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Murdoch: “wilful blindness” is the crucial charge
Rupert Murdoch It will be a shame if bitter and partisan debate over whether Rupert Murdoch is “a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company” obscures the more important...
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Leveson inquiry: Andy Coulson
This was the FT’s live blog on the Leveson Inquiry on May 10th, 2012. Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor and head of communications at Number 10, was testifying. Written by Kiran Stacey...
View ArticleWould Hunt’s decisions have passed the Competition Commission test?
In the light of what we learned yesterday about Jeremy Hunt’s strong views that the News Corp bid for BSkyB should go ahead, it is interesting to read these guidelines from the Competition Commission...
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Watch out for Tory crocodile tears over Murdoch
Just imagine the decision had gone the other way. Just imagine that the coalition had waved through News Corp‘s proposed £8.2bn bid to take British Sky Broadcasting private. The story now would be...
View ArticleLive blog: PMQs and emergency debate on hacking
Coverage as it happened of Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions and the parliamentary debate on phone hacking at the News of the World. The debate followed shock allegations that the tabloid hacked...
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How bad is phone hacking for David Cameron?
I wrote yesterday that David Cameron and the Tories in general are finding themselves on the wrong side of public opinion over phone hacking. Some think it is far worse than that. Peter Oborne has...
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