Hacking scandal starts to spread beyond News Corp. Top 5 truths about Big Data hype and security intelligence Trinity Mirror Group Plc – owner of the Daily Mirror, Daily Record and The People, is opening an internal investigation into ethics and editorial procedures.
The company, which also owns 160 regional papers, has struggled to move its papers online and has watched its share price drop from 571 pence in 2007 to 43 pence today. A spokesman for the Mirror Group said: "We can confirm that we're conducting a review of editorial controls and procedures. " Political Debate In Australia. Tony Abbott's objection to the proposed carbon price: ruthlessly simplistic.
Photo: Peter Braig An article by The Age's Michael Gordon titled 'He says She says' last week, included a disturbing paragraph in which he quoted Tony Abbott, in South Dandenong, answering a question about how CO2 emissions are calculated: ''It's actually pretty hard to do this because carbon dioxide is invisible and it's weightless (my emphasis) and you can't smell it.'' If News Corp was a liberal outfit, it would have been shredded by now. James Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch appear on television during their questioning by the culture, media and sport select committee Photograph: David Moir/Reuters The scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp crossed the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, not because any new evidence appeared linking the company to illegal acts in America but rather because several cable news channels broadcast the British parliament hearing live to US audiences.
This was evidence that Americans – at least in the traditional news business, where the public agenda is largely formed even with the rise of social media – had started to pay close attention to the affair. What's not remotely clear at this point, however, is whether the people and organisations who can actually do something to bring the America-based Murdoch empire to heel are paying much attention. It will, in fact, surprise me if the authorities working for the Obama administration take this up in a serious way.