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British police widen their phone-hacking inquiry with new arrests of journalists from newspapers not owned by News Corp.ration, which previously has been the focus of the investigation.
2012-07-11

News International phone hacking scandal: The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee publishes its report into phone hacking at the "News of the World". The committee concludes that Rupert Murdoch "is not a fit person" to run a major international company and exhibited "wilful blindness" to phone-hacking and other practices going on in his media empire. The report also accuses three News Corp.ration executives of giving misleading evidence.
2012-05-1

The BBC's "Panorama" alleges that a company owned by News Corp.ration recruited a pay-TV "pirate" to hack a rival's secret codes then post the details online.
2012-03-26

MSNBC reports that the United States Department of Justice is investigating claims that News Corp.ration's advertising arm repeatedly hacked into the computers of competitors.
2011-07-21

David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, makes a statement to the House of Commons in relation to the judicial inquiry into the "News of the World" phone hacking affair, hours before the announcement that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration had withdrawn its bid to take full ownership of BSkyB.
2011-07-13

The UK Government states its intention to support a Labour Party motion in the House of Commons calling for the withdrawal of News Corp.ration's bid to take over BSkyB.
2011-07-12

News Corp.ration, the third largest media company in the world, gets approval to buy out British Sky Broadcasting, the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, for $12.7 billion.
2011-03-3

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration agrees to sell Sky News in order to be in a position to buy BSkyB without a Competition Commission inquiry.
2011-03-2

Giant media conglomerate News Corp. says it will launch a digital newspaper as content of Apple's iPad, on 2 February. This is a later launch date than many had expected.
2011-01-27

The European Commission approves News Corp.ration's bid to take full control of British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. However, the deal will be reviewed by Ofcom before a final decision is made.
2010-12-21