Sources: BBC
"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
British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt appears at the Leveson Inquiry into media practices in the UK. The inquiry hears that he congratulated James Murdoch on the progress of News Corp.ration's takeover bid for BSkyB just hours before he was charged with overseeing it, but acted impartially once he took on the role. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will not order an inquiry into Hunt's ministerial conduct. 2012-05-31
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the "News of the World" phone hacking affair, hours before the announcement that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.ration had withdrawn its bid to take full ownership of BSkyB. 2011-07-13
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
British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt refers News Corp.ration's bid to take full control of BSkyB to the Competition Commission. 2011-07-11
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