Sources: BBC
News Corp. completes a planned split into two companies, creating 21st Century Fox. 2013-06-28
"The Wall Street Journal" reports that the board of News Corp.ration has agreed to split the company into two businesses for publishing and entertainment. 2012-06-28
At the Leveson Inquiry into British media practices, UK Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable, who initially had responsibility for overseeing News Corp.ration's bid to take full control of BSkyB, tells the hearing he was warned the Liberal Democrats would be "done over" by the company's newspapers if he ruled against the takeover. 2012-05-30
As the Leveson Inquiry releases emails exchanged between UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt and News Corp.ration lobbyist Fred Michel, Prime Minister David Cameron says he does not regret his decision to let Hunt rule on News Corp.s bid for BSkyB. 2012-05-25
News Corp.ration chairman Rupert Murdoch, his son James, and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks all agree to appear before British MPs next week to answer questions on the News of the World phone hacking affair. 2011-07-14
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the "News of the World" phone hacking affair, hours before the announcement that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration had withdrawn its bid to take full ownership of BSkyB. 2011-07-13
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
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
United Kingdom - Business Secretary Vince Cable orders Ofcom to investigate News Corp.ration's plan to take full control of BSkyB. 2010-11-4