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19th July Commons Select Committee: 10 Questions Britain needs Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks to Answer

Today, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks all come to the House of Commons to face questions from MP’s over their role or knowledge of the phone hacking scandal that has rocked both British politics and the Metropolitan police. This afternoon, the line of questioning for both Murdoch’s and Rebekah Brooks must be probing but must avoid directly accusing the trio of any wrong doing. There will be many an ego in the rooms this afternoon and the select committee’s must get their line ...

Could Rupert Murdoch agree to meet phone hacking victims?

News Corp "would consider" Rupert Murdoch meeting victims of the company's phone hacking, The Telegraph reports.Simon Greenberg, director of corporate affairs at News International (News Corps' UK wing), confirmed the possibility after new details emerged that the company may have hacked into the phones of relatives of London's 7/7 terrorist attacks.

Church of England opposes rendering BSkyB unto Murdoch

The media empire of Rupert Murdoch has found itself a new foe in the form of the Church of England. Rather than say "render unto God what is God's and to Murdoch what is Murdoch's", the CoE has expressed its opposition to the takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation, as such a move could undermine impartiality at Sky news.