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Britain charges reporter on Murdoch's Sun in corruption probe
ReutersLONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British prosecutors have charged a reporter on Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper over alleged payments of more than 17,000 pounds ($26,000) to officials for details of confidential government spending plans. The charges are part...Tags: United Kingdom, Prosecution, News Corp., David Cameron, Newspaper and Magazine
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Premium jeans maker True Religion Apparel Inc said on Friday it has agreed to be acquired by investment management firm TowerBrook...Tags: Carl Icahn, Real Estate Sellers, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., China, South Korea
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Trinity Mirror says Sunday People sale talks end
ReutersLONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Plans to turn British tabloid the Sunday People into a new-look paper to occupy the gap left by the closing of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World look likely to be shelved after talks to buy the paper ended. Trinity Mirror, the...Tags: News Corp., Rupert Murdoch
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News Corp. third-quarter profit climbs; revenue up 14%
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...
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Piers Morgan developing drama about Fleet Street tabloids for Starz
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...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Virgin Group, Ltd., Piers Morgan, Richard Branson, AMC (tv network)
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Piers Morgan Producing 'Fleet Street' Tabloid Series for Starz
ReutersMay 08 (TheWrap.com) - Piers Morgan is returning to his roots -- the sleazy, cutthroat world of British tabloid journalism. The current CNN host, who worked as an editor at The Sun, News of the World and Daily Mirror before finding TV fame on "Britain'...Tags: Justin Berfield, United Kingdom, Shameless (tv program), Journalism, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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Murdoch's News International in talks to occupy Shard neighbour
ReutersBy Tom Bill LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources told Reuters. News International, part...Tags: News Corp., Qatar, Al Jazeera (tv network), Rupert Murdoch
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William C. Cox Jr. dies at 82; helped seal Dow Jones sale to Murdoch
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...Tags: Hobe Sound, Diabetes, U.S. Air Force, The Wall Street Journal, News Corp.
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Cricket-Fix scandal won't affect us now, says Pakistan captain
ReutersKARACHI, April 25 (Reuters) - Pakistan are a more unified squad and will be unaffected by the 2010 spot-fixing scandal when they return to England in June for the Champions Trophy, according to captain Misbah-ul-Haq. The International Cricket Council...Tags: Pakistan, Sports, Cricket, Punishment, England
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News Corp. Settles Lawsuit Over Hacking, Shine Acquisition for $139M
ReutersApr 23 (TheWrap.com) - News Corporation has settled the class-action lawsuit filed against the company on behalf of its shareholders, agreeing to a $139 million payout. The suit, filed against the directors of News Corporation, consolidated multiple...Tags: Television, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials
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News Corp. agrees to $139-million settlement of suit against board
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:...Tags: Television, Justice System, Litigation, Trials, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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COLUMN - Shameless paper in mindless fog
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer April 18 (Reuters) - If our culture allowed diseased newspapers to be quarantined, I'd have the New York Post kenneled right now. I express that sentiment after reading...Tags: Sports, CNN (tv network), The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Newspapers
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