Organization

News Corp

Media company; Rupert Murdoch was its chairman and chief executive in 2009. Owner of the News of the World until July 2011.

3 links, 3 backed by primary records

Connections 3

Leveson Inquiry closed the News of the World in July 2011 Primary record 1
Leveson Inquiry its News of the World was at the center of the phone-hacking inquiry Primary record 2

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Proof 2 sources

An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press: Report, Volume I, The Leveson Inquiry (UK), 2012. Primary record
Mr Murdoch is both the Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corp3 which, as of 2009, is the world’s second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue
The closure of NoTW in July 2011 affected the profitability of the company’s newspaper and publishing businesses.
An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press: Executive Summary and Recommendations, The Leveson Inquiry (UK), 2012. Primary record
(with one sole exception) the press did nothing to investigate itself or to expose conduct which, if it had involved the Government, Parliament, any other national institution or indeed any other organisation of significance, would have been subject to the most intense spotlight

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