[Update] The News Corp scandal
15-02-2012, 08:04
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Tomorrow, the House of Lords will consider whether Murdoch is "fit and proper" to own our media. If we rally a massive show of public support now we can ensure that it’s more than a symbolic action. Let's push the regulators to revoke Murdoch'slicence to operate and end his dirty dealings for good. Click below to petition government
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Be careful what you wish for....
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15-02-2012, 08:09
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Be careful what you wish for....
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Why heero?. 
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15-02-2012, 08:45
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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DMGT [ DMGT-LN 419.70 -11.40 (-2.64%) ] , which is backed by the Rothermere family, could be a predator for the News International titles, as its flagship publications, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, are tabloids but fall between the loftier Times and the more downmarket Sun, DeGroote said.
"There's a massive market share opportunity for an existing player," he added.
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Several British media sources told CNBC.com that Richard Desmond, who made his fortune with publications such as the British edition of Penthouse, Asian Babes and Reader's Wives, might have the "resources and the inclination" to bid.
Desmond, who publishes OK! Magazine, as well as tabloids the Daily Express and Daily Star, has already said that he'd like to own The Sun.
"We would run it in a different manner, which would be more efficient in today's marketplace," he told the BBC last year.
Desmond, who recently added UK terrestrial television channel Channel 5 to his stable, could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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Taking the Sun down market!?!
As I said, be careful. 
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15-02-2012, 09:14
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Taking the Sun down market!?!
As I said, be careful.
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However the media are under the microscope and so are the owners of said media.I suggest that future proprietors of any newspaper is going to have to tread very carefully and there maybe a case for looking at a monopoly situation.I don't think we will be going back to the way things were..
By the way if anyone missed it do take a look at Desmond's contribution to the Levenson Inquiry.
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15-02-2012, 13:57
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17041915
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The Supreme Court has ruled it will decide whether private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal which journalists asked him to hack phones.
The court granted Mulcaire permission to appeal against two court orders that could have forced him to name the reporters.
The two-day hearing will begin on 9 May.
Earlier this month Mulcaire lost his appeal against the orders at the Royal Courts of Justice, but appealed.
He had appealed to try to avoid having to answer questions in civil proceedings that could incriminate him
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...s-corp-inquiry
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Senior journalists at the Sun are preparing to launch a legal challenge to the News Corporation unit that disclosed confidential sources to the police, leading to the arrest of nine of the paper's current and former staff this month.
Journalists at the News International red-top have approached the National Union of Journalists with a view to hiring the leading human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson QC, to question the legality of parent company News Corp's management and standards committee.
The NUJ has been contacted by more than a dozen journalists from the Sun with concerns about the protection of sources, it is understood.
The potential legal challenge represents a dramatic new front in the civil war at Rupert Murdoch's Wapping newspaper headquarters on the eve of his arrival in London to deal with the crisis at the Sun
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15-02-2012, 14:09
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
The irony of Sun Journalists using the Human Rights Act to defend themselves. They have written enough articles, front pages and scare stories attacking it. Unprincipled, spineless, hypocrites. I hope they remember this but somehow I think they will be right back to attacking it as soon as possible.
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15-02-2012, 15:37
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Also they are attacking the fact that information has been released without their involvement or consent - oh, the irony....
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15-02-2012, 19:33
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
Well the defence can always be that 'it's in the public interest'
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16-02-2012, 08:08
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
Charlie Brooker's 'Sun Rap': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0Bp...ature=youtu.be
It does make a good point though. The Sun is currently complaining of a witchhunt, they would know one after all. and the journalists want their human rights respect despite being happy to take the paychecks for their constant attempts to tear it down.
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16-02-2012, 13:15
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Charlie Brooker's 'Sun Rap': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0Bp...ature=youtu.be
It does make a good point though. The Sun is currently complaining of a witchhunt, they would know one after all. and the journalists want their human rights respect despite being happy to take the paychecks for their constant attempts to tear it down. |
blocked on copyright grounds..
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16-02-2012, 13:39
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Another link here (with a 4oD video so I reckon it will stay ) http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...oem-video.html
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17-02-2012, 10:22
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Is the Sun nearing the end? 
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17-02-2012, 10:24
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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l somehow doubt it with a Sun on Sunday being planned.
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17-02-2012, 10:28
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Just signed it!
Shut the Sun and BSkyB should give VM the right to Sky Atlantic!
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Taking the Sun down market!?!
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Sell The Times and The Sunday Times to the Pearson PLC (who own The Financial Times and the Economist!
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Charlie Brooker's 'Sun Rap': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0Bp...ature=youtu.be
It does make a good point though. The Sun is currently complaining of a witchhunt, they would know one after all. and the journalists want their human rights respect despite being happy to take the paychecks for their constant attempts to tear it down. |
I found it very funny!
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17-02-2012, 12:04
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New Sunday newspaper coming soon
www.skynews.com Just announced a newsflash that Rupert Murdoch has said to all his staff at Wapping.
That very soon there will be a new Sunday newspaper called THE SUN ON SUNDAY.
He has told all his staff in an email.
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