BusinessWeek Goes Inside a Critical Hacking Scandal Meeting

Murdoch, at a fork in the road, chose the coverup

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 9, 2012 at 02:20 PM

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a fantastic story reporting on a critical meeting Rupert Murdoch held last May to plot how to... More

The Guardian Unearths a Wall Street Journal Scandal

The paper claims the scalp of a Journal publisher and points to deeper problems

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 12, 2011 at 06:19 PM

Read this Wall Street Journal story from this morning on the resignation of its European edition's publisher. What the Journal... More

The Guardian’s Big Hacking-Scandal Error

Failing to attribute its deleted-messages assertion left it open to attack

By Ryan Chittum   Dec 23, 2011 at 01:14 PM

When The Guardian dropped its Milly Dowler bombshell back in July, I called the News Corporation hacking it reported "abhorrent... More

The Wall Street Journal: Murdochification Watch

The paper runs a thinly sourced, and quickly denied, scoop on non-News Corp. bribes

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 2, 2011 at 10:06 PM

Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, unsurprisingly, hasn't done a whole lot of digging on the News Corp. hacking scandal. Or... More

Wall Street Journal Europe Sourcing Was Unusual

And the CEO of the firm involved is a former Journal executive

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 12, 2011 at 06:35 PM

We now know, thanks to reporting in the both The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal itself, that Andrew Langloff,... More

WSJ Backs Up The Guardian on European Scandal

Its reporting disputes its parent company’s denials

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 13, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Last night, Dow Jones slammed The Guardian's report on wrongdoing at The Wall Street Journal Europe, calling it "replete with... More

A Young Rupert Murdoch in Britain, Via the BBC Archives

Adam Curtis pulls fascinating archival footage that shows the tycoon on his way up

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 7, 2011 at 05:49 PM

The BBC's Adam Curtis has a fascinating blog called The Medium and the Message where he digs into the network's... More

Accountability, News Corp. Style

Those with responsibility escape it

By Dean Starkman   Jul 8, 2011 at 08:52 AM

Behold, editors and reporters at The Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, Fox News, and, for that matter, the... More

Also Exposed by The Guardian: Murdoch’s Grip on U.K.’s Elites

And it isn’t pretty

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 7, 2011 at 03:57 PM

A lot of powerful people in the UK have suddenly found their spines in the last few days. That's perhaps... More

Another Guardian Scoop: Destruction of Evidence at News Corp.

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 8, 2011 at 01:35 PM

One benefit of being nearly alone on a story for years: When everybody suddenly wakes up to it, you've still... More

Audit notes

Murdoch Mauled by MPs Edition

By Ryan Chittum   May 2, 2012 at 12:13 AM

Rupert Murdoch wasn't the only "not fit" executive seared by the select committee's report on News Corporation scandals today. The... More

Audit Notes: Another Davies Hacking Scoop, Greece, The Debt Ceiling

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 28, 2011 at 07:25 PM

Nick Davies lands another big scoop on the Murdoch hacking scandal, reporting that police investigators believe the News of the... More

Audit Notes: Citi’s Slaps, College Is Cheap, Voicemail Interception Compensation Scheme

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 4, 2011 at 07:38 PM

Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil has an excellent, tough column on the latest settlement between Citigroup and the SEC, which shows how... More

Audit Notes: Ex-Execs Flip, Rupert’s Management, Daily Show

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 21, 2011 at 10:30 PM

The big Murdoch hacking scandal news today is that two former News of the World executives contradicted James Murdoch's... More

Audit Notes: Government Spending, News Corp., The Machines Rise

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 14, 2012 at 11:58 PM

The New Yorker's George Packer deftly riffs off both Charles Murray's new book on turmoil in the white lower and... More

Audit Notes: Hacked Off Tabs, A Mirage Economy, Wall Street’s Record Pay

By Ryan Chittum   Feb 2, 2011 at 07:34 PM

The New York Times has another interesting story on News Corporation and its hacking scandal, this time reporting on a... More

Audit Notes: Les Hinton, Translating Murdoch Jr., UK Tabloid Culture

By Ryan Chittum   Jul 8, 2011 at 04:53 PM

The Guardian writes today that the "Phone hacking spotlight falls on former News International boss Les Hinton." As well it... More

Audit Notes: More Murdoch, Hiltzik on the Social Security Trust Fund

By Ryan Chittum   Mar 9, 2011 at 07:45 PM

A couple of weeks ago, Allan Sloan wrote about Rupert Murdoch is using $673 million of his shareholders' money to... More

Audit Notes: Murdoch and American Politicians, UAW, Labor’s Bulletin Board Win

By Ryan Chittum   Aug 26, 2011 at 07:37 PM

Does Rupert Murdoch interfere with his news outlets? Does a bear, well, you know... The Los Angeles Times has an... More