Sources: BBC
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
Tony Blair's former Director of Communications, Alastair Campbell, tells the Leveson Inquiry that there was no "express deal" between Blair and News Corp.ration CEO Rupert Murdoch in the run-up to the 1997 UK general election. 2012-05-14
British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband calls for Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt to resign after evidence at the hearing appears to show his support for News Corp.ration's bid to take control of BSkyB. 2012-04-24
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
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration takes out a second series of adverts in Britain's Sunday newspapers apologising for wrongdoing at the "News of the World". [https:--www.cnbc.com-id-43784302 (CNBC)]date=August 2019 2011-07-17
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the "News of the World" phone hacking affair, hours before the announcement that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration had withdrawn its bid to take full ownership of BSkyB. 2011-07-13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
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
United Kingdom - Business Secretary Vince Cable orders Ofcom to investigate News Corp.ration's plan to take full control of BSkyB. 2010-11-4