News of the World

News Corp. third-quarter profit climbs; revenue up 14%

2013-05-08 14:58:00

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is preparing to split into two entities, and the company's fiscal third-quarter financials illustrated why: Its cable television and film properties continue to flex their muscles while the publishing unit's profit exhibited...

Piers Morgan developing drama about Fleet Street tabloids for Starz

2013-05-08 11:47:00

Art is imitating life again. CNN personality and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan is going to try his hand at producing a drama about the British tabloid business in the 1970s. Morgan has signed on as an executive producer of "Fleet Street," a drama...

William C. Cox Jr. dies at 82; helped seal Dow Jones sale to Murdoch

2013-05-04 09:05:00

William C. Cox Jr., the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years and sold it to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in a decision sparking a family feud, died Wednesday at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., according to his...

News Corp. agrees to $139-million settlement of suit against board

2013-04-22 12:41:00

Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch and other board members of News Corp. were sued by shareholders for lax oversight and alleged misdeeds within the sprawling media conglomerate. News Corp. on Monday agreed to settle the case.� Now here's the punch line:...

News Corp. said to be nearing end of Justice corruption probe

2013-03-19 13:16:00

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is get past more than two years of bruising scandals and a U.S. government investigation into alleged corruption as the company seeks to split into two publicly traded companies this summer. The Wall Street Journal reported...

Six more arrests in phone-hacking probe of closed Murdoch tabloid

2013-02-13 07:55:00

LONDON – British police announced the arrest of six journalists on suspicion of phone hacking Wednesday in a new probe targeting a now-closed tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Authorities have identified “a further suspected...

UK police arrest 6 in phone hacking probe

2013-02-13 03:39:00

British police investigating computer hacking and privacy offenses by the media have arrested six people allegedly involving in intercepting voice mails for the defunct News of the World tabloid. Authorities said Wednesday the six former journalists for...

News Corp. profits from cable, bulks up on sports

2013-02-06 16:01:00

News Corp. continues to bet big on sports. Rupert Murdoch's media company is planning a new national 24-hour Fox Sports cable channel and has been adding regional sports networks to its portfolio. But a top company executive conceded Wednesday that...

Police officer sentenced to prison in British phone-hacking scandal

2013-02-01 07:57:00

LONDON — A senior police officer was given a 15-month term in prison Friday, the first person sentenced in the wide-ranging phone-hacking inquiry in Britain.�� Det. Chief Inspector April Casburn was convicted last month of illegally attempting...

More arrests in British phone-hacking scandal

2013-01-17 07:43:00

LONDON — Two police officers and a journalist were arrested in Britain on Thursday on suspicion of corruption in the ongoing police inquiry into phone hacking by News Corp. tabloids and related scandals.� A London Metropolitan police statement...

Senior Scotland Yard detective found guilty of misconduct

2013-01-10 09:34:00

LONDON – A senior Scotland Yard detective was found guilty Thursday of trying to sell confidential information to a tabloid in the first conviction of a police officer in a corruption probe spawned by Britain’s phone-hacking scandal. A...

Media matriarch and philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch dies at 103

2012-12-05 11:36:00

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, has died at her home outside Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 103. The matriarch of the world's most prominent media family was well-known in Australia for her philanthropy, and...

British actor Jude Law was one of the victims paid compensation in the tabloid News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

2013-03-13 15:46:54

Milly Dowler was a schoolgirl whose murder led to a widespread phone-hacking scandal in Britain.

2013-03-12 17:04:54

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of Murdoch's British operations, will be charged in connection with the phone-hacking scandal.

2012-07-24 07:31:00