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News Corp. completes a planned split into two companies, creating 21st Century Fox.
2013-06-28

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

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

News Corp.ration Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch appear before a select committee of the United Kingdom parliament over the "News of the World" phone hacking affair. Murdoch Senior apologises for the scandal, but says he is not responsible for it.
2011-07-19

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

U.S. senators call for a legal investigation into allegations that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration hacked victims of the September 11 attacks as the phone hacking scandal continues.
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

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