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Murdoch's banishment is but the first step in cleaning up the media | Henry Porter | Comment is free | The Observer. Moral outrage can become tedious as well as draining, so it is time to move on and decide how to stop a man such as Rupert Murdoch having such power in our society again. But we should take a moment to acknowledge that we were a lot better off at the end of the week than we were at the beginning. Rebekah Brooks has gone; the BSkyB deal is dead; James Murdoch should certainly lose his job as chairman of the broadcaster; that old player Les Hinton deposited his own head on a platter in the general rush to atonement; and Rupert Murdoch took space in the competition to say he was sorry and mumbled apologies to an ordinary family. This great bad man, as the convict Conrad Black knowingly described him in the FT, has been humiliated and is finished. It happened so fast that you could hardly keep track of it and there is still juice left in this scandal. After the election last year, nothing changed.

But let's get back to the future. As a friend of mine insisted, this is a unique opportunity. Vanity Fair Sells Rupert Murdoch Scandal E-Book - Peter Kafka - Media. No surprise that News Corp.’s PhoneGate travails will end up in book form. But this one may be the first out of the gate: Vanity Fair is selling a compilation of 20 previously published stories about the life and times of Rupert Murdoch as an e-book. At $4 a pop — via Amazon’s Kindle or Barnes & Nobles’ Nook stores — “Rupert Murdoch, The Master Mogul of Fleet Street” costs less than a single copy of the print magazine.

It’s also a bargain if you’re a fan of Murdoch biographer (and non-baseball expert) Michael Wolff, whose work accounts for 20 percent of the copy here. In other PhoneGate news, News Corp. has told employees at its New York Post tabloid to “preserve and maintain” any documents related to phone hacking. News Corp., which also owns this Web site, has maintained that none of the systemic voicemail hacking that has come to light at its News of the World tabloid occurred in the U.S., but investigators will be looking into the matter, regardless. Yet more News Corp. scandal updates - War Room.

So here’s what’s new since I last wrote about News Corp., a couple of hours ago: Police found a “mystery bag” containing a computer, paperwork and phone in a trash can near the home of former News International head Rebekah Brooks. Her husband insists the mystery objects belong to him and have nothing to do with the phone-hacking case. We … shall see? Former News of the World reporter and phone-hacking whistle-blower Sean Hoare turned up dead at his home. “The death is currently being treated as unexplained but not thought to be suspicious.” I am not about to be conspiratorial about this, because I’m not Christopher Ruddy, but you know.

And the New York Times goes big on the details of the massive coverup and the many attempts to deflect blame to scapegoats, which looked to be successful until, oh, last week. Ms. “Ms. Oh, this also happened: Mr. Yes, brilliant public relations.

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International : Le FBI sur les talons de Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch père et fils devant les députés britanniques - Média. Le scandale des écoutes n'en finit de rebondir au parlement britannique : ce mardi 19 juillet, une commission va demander des comptes à Rupert Murdoch, un des plus puissants magnats de presse de la planète. Cette audition, qui doit être diffusée en direct depuis Londres, est programmée à 14h30 (15h30 à Paris). Le patriarche de 80 ans est précisément convoqué devant les dix députés de la commission des médias à la chambre des Communes en compagnie de son fils James, 38 ans, et de sa protégée, Rebekah Brooks, 43 ans, "la reine des tabloïds" déchue. Les Murdoch avaient dans un premier temps décliné l'invitation avant de se raviser devant la magnitude prise par l'affaire.

Le président de la commission, le conservateur John Whittindgale, a promis une séance sans "lynchage" mais allant "au fond des choses. " Deux nouveaux "scalps" Ils sont tous deux désignés comme "les deux derniers scalps" dans cette affaire, selon une formule du Daily Telegraph. Un ex-journaliste de NotW retrouvé mort. Citizen Murdoch est bien seul - Old fashion mediaElectronLibre. Les enquêtes en cours ne sont pas terminées et les allégations contre le News Of The World n’ont pas encore été prouvées, mais ses amis se retournent déjà contre Rupert Murdoch, qui se défend tant bien que mal. Cette fois les chiens sont lâchés, et ils ont pour ordre d’abattre Citizen Murdoch. Ses intermédiaires, Rebekah Brooks, son fils James, son avocat ne suffisent plus à calmer la rage des foules et des puissants. Certains avaient cru que la fermeture du News of The World aurait apaisé les esprits, que la pomme pourrie extirpée, la vie fastueuse de News Corp, un conglomérat à la tête de 33 milliards de dollars de revenus annuels, pouvait recommencer.

Il n’en sera pas ainsi. D’abord, ce sont les parlementaires britanniques de tous bords qui, cette semaine, ont fait un bras d’honneur au mogul, le forçant à retirer son offre de rachat de BSkyB. Clémence historique des autorités Bannir les mauvais sujets et tout recommencer L’empire s’effrite. Scandale des écoutes: Murdoch et Cameron devront s'expliquer devant les députés. Le scandale des écoutes n’en finit pas de rebondir au Parlement britannique: mardi une commission demandera des comptes au magnat de la presse Rupert Murdoch, et mercredi le Premier ministre David Cameron s’expliquera devant les députés. Le patriarche de 80 ans est convoqué devant les dix députés de la commission des médias à la chambre des Communes en compagnie de son fils James, 38 ans, et de sa protégée, Rebekah Brooks, 43 ans, «la reine des tabloïdes» déchue. Les Murdoch avaient dans un premier temps décliné l’invitation avant de se raviser devant la magnitude prise par l’affaire.

«Les deux derniers scalps», selon une formule du Daily Telegraph, sont ceux de Sir Paul Stephenson, patron de Scotland Yard et de l’un de ses assistants, John Yates. Le premier a démissionné dimanche du fait d’allégations sur ses liens avec le groupe News Corp de M. Un des dénonciateurs retrouvé mort Sir Paul - qui clame son innocence- a démissionné en laissant une grenade dégoupillée. MM. (Source AFP) Phone hacking: Sean Hoare, the News of the World whistleblower, found dead. • John Yates, the policeman who twice resisted calls to reopen the investigation into phone hacking, resigned as Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over his links to Neil Wallis, the former deputy editor of the News of the World. • Boris Johnson was forced to defend himself against allegations that he had personally intervened to secure the resignations of Sir Paul Stephenson, the Met Commissioner, and Mr Yates. • Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, announced that she would answer questions from a committee of MPs despite being arrested on Sunday by police investigating hacking at the newspaper she once edited. • James Murdoch is expected to face a fight for his future as chairman of News International when he and his father, Rupert, appear before the same panel of MPs.

He told the New York Times that Mr Coulson’s claims that he knew nothing about phone hacking were “simply a lie”. Then he told a Guardian journalist: “There’s more to come. Phone-hacking scandal: John Yates resigns – live coverage | Politics. 8.29am: "The number of dead bodies on the stage is beginning to resemble the final scene of a Shakespearian tragedy" is how the Guardian puts it today. Hard as it is to believe, it is less than two weeks since Nick Davies and Amelia Hill launched their story about Milly Dowler's phone being hacked by the News of the World. Since then the repercussions of the story have been extraordinary, culminating yesterday in the surprise resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police. Now there is even speculation that the affair could eventually bring down David Cameron. That seems utterly fanciful - although anyone who claimed to be able to predict with confidence exactly where this will end would be a fool.

For a catch up on what has happened over the last 24 hours, here the summary posted at the end of yesterday's Guardian live blog. • Met police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned. But those are just the developments we can anticipate. France can be proud of its resistance to media deregulation | Agnès Poirier.

The last 30 years have seen the ever-popular concept of media deregulation gaining ground in countries such as the US and Britain. As recently as 2009, the then shadow minister Jeremy Hunt was still adamant that media regulation in this country was "heavy-handed" and "over-paternalistic", and that "big-bang" deregulation of the media would revive local news outlets. France, on the other hand, has at least partially resisted it. In France, unlike in Britain, the state not only directly funds and supervises public broadcasters but also regulates the output of private television by, for instance, implementing legally binding quotas.

To quote one example, the resounding commercial success of Canal Plus in the 1990s meant that the broadcaster had to invest larger and larger sums of money (a fixed percentage of its profits) in cinema production. Imagine the British government telling Sky News that it must invest part of its profits in arthouse films. Murdoch: the network defeats the hierarchy. 10 July 2011Last updated at 11:06 Rupert Murdoch has dispensed power, terrorized politicians and shaped politics The Murdoch empire fractured, a Conservative prime minister attracting bets on his resignation, the Metropolitan Police on the edge of yet another existential crisis and the political establishment in disarray.

A network of subversives would have counted that a spectacular result to achieve in a decade, let alone in a single week. But it was not subversives that achieved it - the wounds are self-inflicted. As the News of the World scandal gathered momentum, it became clear, by midnight on Thursday, that this was not just the latest of a series of institutional crises - the banks, MPs expenses - but the biggest.

For this one goes to the heart of the way this country has been run, under both parties, for decades. “Start Quote Like the Wizard of Oz, Rupert Murdoch's power derived from the irrational fright politicians took from his occasional naked displays of it” End Quote. PHONE HACKING – Murdoch annonce la fermeture de « News of the World » "New of the World" (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) James Murdoch, fils du magnat des médias Rupert Murdoch, a annoncé jeudi la décision du groupe News Corp de fermer le tabloïd dominical britannique News of the World, au coeur d'un retentissant scandale d'écoutes téléphoniques, annonce Skynews, qui met en ligne son communiqué.

Et James Murdoch, président de News International, la branche britannique de News Corp, ne mâche pas ses mots en annonçant la mort de ce journal vieux de 168 ans : "Si les récentes allégations sont vraies, [certains comportements] étaient inhumains et n'avaient pas leur place dans notre entreprise", déclare-t-il. "Le News of the World fermera après publication d'un dernier numéro ce week-end".

News of the World, qui avait l'habitude de faire appel à des détectives privés pour écouter les messages téléphoniques de centaines de personnalités, en dépit de la loi et de toute déontologie, n'aura donc pas survécu à la dernière affaire qui ébranle la Grande-Bretagne. Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World Hacking Scandal’s Appalling Turn. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch can be a loyal boss to favored lieutenants. And few have been more favored than Rebekah Brooks. The 43-year-old has risen at dazzling speed through the Murdoch editorial hierarchy, editing two of his national papers before her appointment in 2009 as chief executive of his U.K. operation, News International.

Famous for her charm (as well as a head of flaming-red hair), Brooks is said to be a close Murdoch family friend as well as a trusted subordinate. But loyalty must have its limits. Over the past five years, News International has battled to contain a phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, its muckraking Sunday tabloid, and Murdoch enemies have yearned to find clear evidence implicating Brooks. Now they smell blood. To date, Murdoch has resolutely stood by his favorite, but a shocked public will want to see heads roll. Murdoch staffers found guilty of involvement can expect no sympathy.

Can Brooks survive? News of the World phone hacking: live. Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks was guest at David Cameron's birthday party.