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Can the viewers win the battle for the Ashes?

13.11.09
Today David Davies, one-time BBC presenter and former Football Association executive director, presents his proposals to ensure that much-loved events in the British sporting calendar should be on free-to-air TV... more

The tang of vengeance is in the air now this love affair has ended

12.11.09
New Labour and the Murdoch empire is a love affair that has now come to an abrupt and bitter end. All that is left is revenge, recrimination and the question: "Why did you leave me this way?"... more

Brown has revenge as Murdoch's Sky loses Ashes

12.11.09
Labour exacts revenge over the Sun’s criticism of Gordon Brown by axing Sky Sports’ exclusive rights to live TV coverage of The Ashes... more

Murdoch has lost his magic touch at News Corp

07.10.09
Plan to charge for online news is raising doubts about his leadership ... more

Free paper to shut after ‘most difficult year’ for Rupert Murdoch

20.08.09
Evening free paper thelondonpaper is to be closed with the loss of 60 jobs, Rupert Murdoch’s News International announced... more

Murdoch rents out his yacht at £181,000 a week

14.08.09
For those with a little spare cash to spend on a boating holiday, Rupert Murdoch is renting out his super-yacht... more

Murdoch: I will charge for online content

06.08.09
Rupert Murdoch, head of the News Corp global media empire, plans to charge for all the online content of his newspapers and television channels in a dramatic shake-up of the industry ... more

Wapping HQ must be greener, Boris tells Murdoch

30.06.09
Boris Johnson forced Rupert Murdoch to rewrite his plans for an overhaul of his Wapping headquarters, saying the site needs to be more “eco friendly”... more

Sun editor Rebekah Wade to become chief executive

23.06.09
Rebekah Wade is leaving the editorship of The Sun after six years to become chief executive of News International... more

Murdoch faces Titanic hole at News Corp as top man Chernin goes

25.02.09
Media analysis: For those who have followed the twists and turns of Rupert Murdoch’s remarkable career over the last 40 years the departure of another right-hand man comes as no surprise... more

Questions for the new 'Gissa job' generation

28.01.09
Back in the early 1980s, Alan Bleasdale's TV drama Boys From the Black Stuff gripped the nation... more

Vodka hangover for Waterford Wedgewood

06.01.09
The demise of Waterford Wedgwood is a sorry tale. There is red ink everywhere, the Stoke pottery operation is pointing fingers at the Irish glassmaking side, while there's much brouhaha about moving the whole manufacturing process to Indonesia... more

RBS ignored its own experts on the crunch

07.11.08
As Stephen Hester settles into the Fred the Shred memorial chair at Royal Bank of Scotland’s headquarters (is he going to keep the palace outside Edinburgh?), the new broom is doubtless in receipt of advice from all quarters... more

Cameron met Murdoch on private yacht

24.10.08
David Cameron made a whirlwind visit to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's yacht... more

WSJ’s worthy reporting of financial meltdown lacks punch or panache

08.10.08
There is, in case you haven’t noticed it, a global financial crisis going on. So you might expect the largest-selling business newspaper in the Western world, the Wall Street Journal, to be reflecting that sorry state of affairs... more

Does Putin now have Rupert Murdoch in his sights?

10.09.08
NOW a peace of sorts seems to have broken out between BP and its Russian partners, the talk has turned in Moscow to which Western business partner might next fall foul of the combined business-state machine... more

It's a win-win for Chernin at News Corp

26.08.08
Filings by News Corp in the US contain the information that, should anyone other than Rupert Murdoch take charge of the company, chief operating officer Peter Chernin is to receive $40 million... more

Murdoch’s pay climbs to £14m

21.08.08
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch’s salary, bonus and stock compensation has risen by about 9% in the past year to $27.1 million (£14.5 million)... more

Yes, home delivery can boost sales - but at a price

23.07.08
Are the days of newsagents delivering the paper to your door numbered?... more

Murdoch sees more bad news to come

10.07.08
A bearish Rupert Murdoch believes the financial market turmoil is set to last for at least another year... more

News Corp eyes up pay-TV pair

27.06.08
Media giant News Corp is said to be considering a bid for two major European pay-TV broadcasters - Germany's Premiere and Spain's Digital+... more

Murdoch's mum saves millions as tax ruling is reversed

28.05.08
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, the mother of News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch, has won an appeal against the Australian Taxation Office, saving her millions of pounds in tax... more

Journal staff move from Wall Street to midtown

23.05.08
The Wall Street Journal will soon be a "midtown journal", as Rupert Murdoch plans to move the lofty paper from the financial district to join his tabloid New York Post on Sixth Avenue... more

Murdoch 'must talk' on hacking

06.05.08
Rupert Murdoch could lose a court case over claims of industrial espionage unless he testifies... more

Cablevision 'to bid for Newsday'

01.05.08
New York television operator Cablevision looks set to enter the race for Long Island-based Newsday... more

Rupert's renewed love affair with print faces a test

30.04.08
When Rupert leaves the stage, how will his successors at News Corporation regard the newspapers in their empire?... more

Murdoch son's CMH bid fails

07.04.08
The £1.5bn bid by Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan for Australia's Consolidated Media Holdings appears dead... more

Playing for high stakes but holding all the aces

04.04.08
Achilleas Kallakis is on his way to becoming one of London's most significant property developers, says Peter Bill.... more

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