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The Daily iPad App Hits 100,000 Paid Subscribers

The Daily iPad App Hits 100,000 Paid Subscribers

The Daily, a news iPad app from News Corp., has hit 100,000 paid subscribers after being in existence a year. They celebrated their first birthday today with some good news. The iPad app was started shortly after ... continue
NewsCorp Settles Civil Suits with Celebrity Victims

NewsCorp Settles Civil Suits with Celebrity Victims

After NewsCorp's infamous caught-with-your-pants-down scandal and resulting investigation, Rupert Murdoch's News International (the umbrella under which 20th Century Fox comfortably rests) is paying the piper. Specifically, they are reaching into Papa Murdoch's deep pockets to settle scores (read: ... continue
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SOPA Protests: Google Hits Back at Rupert Murdoch

The SOPA wars continue. Google has hit back at Rupert Murdoch, after the media magnate and News Corp CEO called the search colossus a "piracy leader" that "streams movies free." In a tweet dated 15 January, Murdoch ... continue
Rupert Murdoch Attacks Obama And Google In Weekend Twitter Attacks

Rupert Murdoch Attacks Obama And Google In Weekend Twitter Attacks

News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch may have just recently joined Twitter but his attacks against the British and now President Obama and Google have quickly become top trending topics on the social network. Murdoch might be the only ... continue
Rupert Murdoch Comes Clean About Myspace

Rupert Murdoch Comes Clean About Myspace

Remember Myspace? It was a hotbed for teenagers to connect and chat with their friends, and had some popularity with the adult crowd. Recently, Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter and he's been fairly active. Being that he is the ... continue
Rupert Murdoch’s Wife Makes Him Remove Twitter Bashing Tweet Against Brits

Rupert Murdoch’s Wife Makes Him Remove Twitter Bashing Tweet Against Brits

News Corp. founder and CEO Rupert Murdoch made his Twitter debut less than 48 hours ago and he's already receiving negative publicity after posting a comment about British holidays. In a Tweet on the site Murdoch wrote:  "Maybe Brits ... continue
News Corp. Settles One Phone Hacking Scandal For $4.8 Million

News Corp. Settles One Phone Hacking Scandal For $4.8 Million

News Corp. has reached a settlement in one phone hacking scandal. The company has agreed to pay the family of a murdered girl at the center of the case the sum of $4.8 million. Under the agreement the ... continue
News Corp. Sets Up Internal Whistleblower Hotline

News Corp. Sets Up Internal Whistleblower Hotline

In an attempt to avoid another News of the World incident News Corp. has setup an internal whistleblower hotline. The 24-hour "alertline" is meant to be used by employees who wish to report violations regarding the company's ... continue
Warren Buffett Challenges Rupert Murdoch To Game Of Show And Tell “Tax Return Style”

Warren Buffett Challenges Rupert Murdoch To Game Of Show And Tell “Tax Return Style”

If you've been paying attention to the musings of the Wall Street Journal lately you're probably already aware that their conservative editorial board has been attacking Warren Buffett and his support for taxing the ultra-wealthy and now ... continue
Rupert Murdoch’s Long Island Mansion Goes For $9.1 Million

Rupert Murdoch’s Long Island Mansion Goes For $9.1 Million

Life just gets more unbearable and squalid for 80-year-old multi-gazillionnaire Rupert Murdoch and his 42-year-old wife Wendi Deng. Fresh from the News Corp. hacking scandal, The Real Estalker reports that the media mogul has made a $5.7 million ... continue
News Corp. To Be Sued Next Week Over Hacking Scandal

News Corp. To Be Sued Next Week Over Hacking Scandal

It looks like News Corp. and CEO Rupert Murdoch will be getting their U.S. based day in court sooner rather than later, Mark Lewis, a lawyer in Britain's phone hacking scandal has announced that he expects the ... continue
News Corp. Shareholders Sue Company Over Phone Hacking Scandal

News Corp. Shareholders Sue Company Over Phone Hacking Scandal

Rupert Murdoch is watching as his News Corp. media conglomerate unravels and now word is surfacing that some of the company's major shareholders have filed a lawsuit against News Corp. The suit alleges that board members knew ... continue
Rupert Murdoch To Step Down As CEO of News Corp [Rumor]

Rupert Murdoch To Step Down As CEO of News Corp [Rumor]

Phone hacking scandals, executives being attacked by LulzSec and Anonymous, now would be a good time for Rupert Murdoch to step down from his role as the CEO of News Corp and if a CNBC Breaking News ... continue
Lulzsec and Anonymous Attack Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks

Lulzsec and Anonymous Attack Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks

Here's a not so secret truth, I hate, despise, dislike and just plainly can't stand Rupert Murdoch or any of his cronies, I can't stand Fox News and there "opinion as fact" news reporting, I can't stand ... continue
Rebekah Brooks Arrested in Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

Rebekah Brooks Arrested in Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

Police have arrested Rebekah Brooks - the 43-year-old former chief executive of News International - in connection with an investigation into phone hacking and bribery at News Corp’s News of the World. Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert ... continue
Larry Flynt Attacks Rupert Murdoch, News of the World

Larry Flynt Attacks Rupert Murdoch, News of the World

Hustler founder Larry Flynt isn't happy with the way Rupert Murdoch is running News Corp following the recent News of the World scandal and U.S. investigations into the company's reporting practices regarding the attempting hacking of 9/11 ... continue
News Corp Under Investigation, Attempted To Hack Phones Of 9/11 Victims

News Corp Under Investigation, Attempted To Hack Phones Of 9/11 Victims

While News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch may have closed down News of the World over their UK phone hacking scandal, investigations into the company's practices have not ended and are hitting closer to home with U.S. officials ... continue
Rupert Murdoch Shuts Down “News Of The World”

Rupert Murdoch Shuts Down “News Of The World”

After a phone hacking scandal rocked the 168-year-old News of The World publication owner Rupert Murdoch has decided to close down the publication with Sunday marking the last edition for the organization. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal James ... continue
The cost of Murdoch’s paywall experiment? 90% of The Times traffic.

The cost of Murdoch’s paywall experiment? 90% of The Times traffic.

Way to go Rupert. Not only are your reporters pissed at the drop in traffic but your advertisers are leaving in droves. All because you knew better than the rest of the web and put everything behind a ... continue
Murdoch Thinks He’s Caesar. Dare We Say Beware The Ides Of March

Murdoch Thinks He’s Caesar. Dare We Say Beware The Ides Of March

If you ever needed a sure sign of how delusional the battle against new media from News Corp has become, news today suggests that Rupert Murdoch believes himself to be Julius Caesar. Kara Swisher at AllThingsD details how ... continue
Has the Great News Corp Exodus from Google already begun? [UPDATED]

Has the Great News Corp Exodus from Google already begun? [UPDATED]

Well we've been calling for Rupert Murdoch to put up or shut up for sometime, as have others, and it would seem to some great digging by Zee over at The Next Web that News Corp may ... continue
What newspapers can learn from New Zealand’s NBR paywall – FAIL!

What newspapers can learn from New Zealand’s NBR paywall – FAIL!

In July New Zealand's National Business Review (NBR) decided to jump the curve and put all its content behind a paywall - the same thing that people like Rupert Murdoch and other news media moguls are recommending. NBR ... continue