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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
Wall Street Journal: time to look in the mirror
Its Pulitzer shutout reaches six years
By Dean Starkman Apr 17, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Stop me if you've heard this one: Old man goes to shul, prays: "Dear God, just once, let me... 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 big week for the British press
Rupert Murdoch resigns, Leveson Inquiry closes, UK journalists charged
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 25, 2012 at 02:36 PM
Rupert Murdoch’s recent resignation from the boards of his UK newspapers seems, at first glance, like a dramatic move to... 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: Boston Globe bids, WSJ flops at BuzzFeed, News Corp.
A 94 percent fall in value over twenty years
By Ryan Chittum Jun 28, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Bloomberg News gets some details on The New York Times's impending sale of The Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram &... 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: Bagged Men, whistleblowers, Times-Picayune
Rupert Murdoch, prepare your checkbook
By Ryan Chittum Apr 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple asks the New York Post's "Bag Men" to sue the paper for libel: So journalists... 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
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
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