LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - British cabinet ministers worked behind the scenes to support James Murdoch's bid to take over a pay-TV company, a public inquiry heard on Thursday, adding weight to... Read More
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UK minister sent "congratulations" text to Murdoch
May 31, 2012
LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - Britain's Culture Secretary sent James Murdoch a message of support for a major takeover on the day he was put in charge of adjudicating on the bid, a public inquiry has... Read More
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LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - UK prosecutors investigating a phone-hacking scandal at a Rupert Murdoch tabloid have decided not to charge a journalist from the Guardian newspaper for illegally obtaining... Read More
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UK clears Guardian journalist over hacking coverage
May 29, 2012
LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - UK prosecutors investigating a phone hacking scandal at a Rupert Murdoch tabloid said they had decided not to charge a journalist from the rival Guardian newspaper which... Read More
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Regulator Ed Richards in running for next BBC boss
May 28, 2012
LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Ed Richards, the head of British broadcasting regulator Ofcom, has applied to become the next director-general of the BBC, Ofcom confirmed on Monday. Read More
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PRESS DIGEST: Sunday British business - May 27
May 27, 2012
LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - The following business stories were reported in British newspapers on Sunday: Read More
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UK's Cameron defends role in Murdoch takeover deal
May 25, 2012
LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected calls to fire his Culture Minister on Friday after a public inquiry heard how the minister had ignored warnings from staff to... Read More
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PRESS DIGEST - British business - May 25
May 24, 2012
British prime minister David Cameron will face demands to redraw Britain's relationship with Europe in the event of a Greek exit from the euro zone, senior government sources believe. Read More
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UK appointed pro-Murdoch minister to News Corp Bid
May 24, 2012
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UPDATE 2-BSkyB cleared in UK pay-TV movie probe
May 23, 2012
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - BSkyB no longer dominates the British pay-TV movie market following the arrival of new entrants Lovefilm and Netflix, a regulator said, handing a boost to the broadcaster by... Read More
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PRESS DIGEST - British business - May 21
May 20, 2012
Conservative MPs will call this week for a new runway to be built in the South East of Britain by 2020 as David Cameron is hit with a rush of new ideas to drag Britain out of recession. Read More
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PRESS DIGEST - Sunday British Business - May 20
May 20, 2012
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - The following business stories were reported in British newspapers on Sunday: Read More
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BSkyB could get reprieve from UK regulator-paper
May 20, 2012
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain's Competition Commission is to publish a preliminary report next week suggesting that BSkyB's dominance in the pay-tv movie market has been weakened by new entrants,... Read More
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Murdoch denies planning to spin off UK newspapers
May 19, 2012
LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has denied reports that News Corp is considering spinning off its British newspapers to protect the rest of his media empire from a phone hacking scandal. Read More
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LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch sowed the seeds of the phone hacking scandal that has tarnished his reputation by forcing Britain's most respected newspapers into "a Faustian bargain" with... Read More
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LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked the... Read More
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Ex-Murdoch editor charged over phone-hacking scandal
May 15, 2012
LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone hacking scandal at one... Read More
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LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - David Cameron signed off messages to tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with an affectionate "LOL", she told an inquiry on Friday, conjuring the embarrassing image of a British... Read More
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LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - David Cameron signed off messages to tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with an affectionate "LOL", she told an inquiry on Friday, conjuring the embarrassing image of a British... Read More
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LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron was among top politicians who sent sympathetic messages to Rebekah Brooks when she was forced to resign as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's... Read More
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British PM faces scrutiny over ties to Murdoch
May 10, 2012
LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron faces potentially embarrassing scrutiny of his ties to Rupert Murdoch on Friday when Rebekah Brooks, a former top lieutenant in the... Read More
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TIMELINE-News Corp and the phone-hacking scandal
May 10, 2012
May 10 (Reuters) - Here are the major events in the phone-hacking scandal at News Corporation. Read More
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UK PM braced for testimony by Rebekah Brooks
May 09, 2012
LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - When the former editor of the newspaper at the heart of Britain's phone hacking scandal appears this week at a media inquiry, Prime Minister David Cameron may have more to... Read More
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UK govt asks for special status in media probe
May 04, 2012
LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - The British government will on Friday request it be allowed to see evidence at a high profile judicial inquiry into press standards before it is made public, recognition of... Read More
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LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - An inquiry into British press ethics set up in response to a phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World could be curtailed or severely delayed to allow time... Read More
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BSkyB hopes results can outshine hacking headlines
May 01, 2012
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