RUPERT MURDOCH

Murdoch has board backing

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News Corp independent directors are fully behind Rupert Murdoch, a board member told Reuters on Monday, as his iron grip on his vast media empire came under question because of the hacking scandal that already has consumed his London newspaper company.

News Corp directors back Murdoch: board source

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News Corp independent directors are fully behind Rupert Murdoch and his management team and are not drawing up plans to promote Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey to the position of CEO, a board member told Reuters on Monday.
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Dow Jones panel concerned about hacking scandal

A special committee formed to oversee the integrity of Dow Jones & Co under parent News Corp is very concerned about the British phone hacking scandal that has shaken Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
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Brooks to appear at parliament hearing

Ex-News Corp executive Rebekah Brooks will give her full cooperation to British government and police inquiries and a parliamentary hearing scheduled for next week, she said in an internal memo.
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News Corp's Brooks quits

Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's most senior newspaper executive in Britain and close confidante, quit News Corp on Friday over a phone hacking scandal that has rocked his global media empire.

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