Rupert Murdoch says Facebook's usage metrics are starting to make Facebook look like "crappy MySpace." Murdoch would know. His News Corp bought MySpace for ~$580 million in 2005, and then – after a few nice years – watched it dwindle

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British prosecutors have charged a reporter on Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper over alleged payments of more than 17,000 pounds ($26,000) to officials for details of confidential government spending plans.

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British prosecutors have chargeda reporter on Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper over allegedpayments of more than 17,000 pounds ($26,000) to officials fordetails of confidential government spending plans.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is the new owner of a 16-acre vineyard in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Times reports. The property, called Moraga Vineyards and Winery, comes with a large residence. We don't know the final sale

LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Plans to turn British tabloid theSunday People into a new-look paper to occupy the gap left bythe closing of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World look likely tobe shelved after talks to buy the paper ended.

LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Plans to turn British tabloid the Sunday People into a new-look paper to occupy the gap left by the closing of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World look likely to be shelved...

Somewhat embattled JPM CEO Jamie Dimon is getting some support from high places. JPMorgan would be up a creek without Jamie Dimon as Chairman. One of the smartest, toughest guys around. Didn't bend when times got hard. — Rupert Murdoch(@rupert

Last month, Rupert Murdoch announced that Twentieth Century Fox was entering the 21st century, albeit 13 years late, by splitting its publishing and entertainment units and renaming the News Corp TV and film entertainment divisions "21st Century

The company formerly known as News Corp.'s entertainment division debuted its logo on Thursday. Rupert Murdoch announced last year that he would be splitting his...

LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - BT turned the British pay-TV market on its head on Thursday by offering free English Premier league soccer matches to its broadband customers in a direct challenge to Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reports better-than-expected results on the back of growth in its television and entertainment businesses.

(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, aided by growth at its cable networks, and said it is on track to split off its slow-growing...

(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, aided by growth at its cable networks, and said it is on track to split off its slow-growing publishing business by the end of June.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is preparing to split into two entities, and the company's fiscal third-quarter financials illustrated why: Its cable television and film properties continue to flex their muscles while the publishing unit's profit exhibit

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation reported higher earnings and revenue for its third quarter, aided by growth at cable networks and the purchase of a controlling stake in the pay TV operator Sky Deutschland.    

(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported higher earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter, aided by the purchase of a controlling stake in German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland and growth at cable networks.

May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported higher earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter, aided by the purchase of a controlling stake in German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland and growth at cable networks.

May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported higher earnings and revenue for its fiscal thirdquarter, aided by the purchase of a controlling stake in Germanpay TV operator Sky Deutschland and growth at cable networks.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported higher earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter, aided by the purchase of a controlling stake in German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland and growth at cable networks.

Who are the highest-paid people in media? Naturally, Disney's Bob Iger, Comcast's Brian Roberts, and News Corps.' Rupert Murdoch are among the best paid, but none of them is the highest-paid executive of last year. We've scoured through the top media

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch in more than 20 years at News Corp, is to take over at Virgin Media, pitting the two men against each other in a battle for British pay-TV viewers.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, who worked closelywith Rupert Murdoch in more than 20 years at News Corp,is to take over at Virgin Media, pitting the two menagainst each other in a battle for British pay-TV viewers.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources told Reuters.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources told Reuters.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News International is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty office block at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallest skyscraper, two sources told Reuters.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's NewsInternational is in talks to occupy the whole of an empty officeblock at the foot of London's Shard, Western Europe's tallestskyscraper, two sources told Reuters.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch in more than 20 years at News Corp, is to take over at Virgin Media, pitting the two men against each other in a battle...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch in more than 20 years at News Corp, is to take over at Virgin Media, pitting the two men against each other in a battle...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch in more than 20 years at News Corp, is to take over at Virgin Media, pitting the two men against each other in a battle for British pay-TV viewers.

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, the previous head of News Corp's British arm News International, will take the helm at cable group Virgin Media, one of Rupert Murdoch's biggest rivals in the British pay TV market.

It is not Murdoch's bank account that is so far imperiled, but his life's dreams.

Although News Corp. plans to divide into two separate publicly traded companies in a few months, Rupert Murdoch won't see much division in his annual compensation. Instead he will get a little addition.    

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch stands to make 15% more in total compensation in fiscal 2014 as a result of the media conglomerate's forthcoming split into two companies.

(Reuters) - After News Corp splits later this year, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch's total target compensation will rise 15 percent, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.

April 26 (Reuters) - After News Corp splits later this year, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch's total target compensation will rise 15 percent,...

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - A former police officer pleadedguilty on Friday to selling stories to the Sun tabloid, thelatest public official to admit criminal offences in the wake ofan inquiry into phone-hacking centred on Rupert Murdoch'sBritish ti

NEWS CORP SETTLES PHONE HACKING LAWSUIT Rupert Murdoch has settled his long-running dispute with News Corp shareholders over the phone-hacking scandal and the acquisition of Shine Studios for $139 million. ()

NEWS CORP SETTLES PHONE HACKING LAWSUIT Rupert Murdoch has settled his long-running dispute with News Corp shareholders over the phone-hacking scandal and the acquisition of Shine Studios for $139...

Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch and other board members of News Corp. were sued by shareholders for lax oversight and alleged misdeeds within the sprawling media conglomerate.    

The company’s board was sued over the phone-hacking scandal and the purchase of a TV production company run by Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth.    

Move over, Rupert Murdoch -- there are some more conservative billionaires who want to buy the Los Angeles Times. The media mogul has, by all...

Fritz Demopoulos, founder of Qunar.com, a Chinese travel search site that has just secured a $57 million fifth round of funding, credits Rupert Murdoch with influencing the direction of his first start up known as Shawei.com, or ‘brave shark.’

Rupert Murdoch's company-to-be gets a name that rings a bell.

Rupert Murdoch announced he had chosen 21st Century Fox four months after saying that the entertainment company would be called Fox Group

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. cable firm Liberty Global won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its $15.8 billion takeover of Virgin Media, a deal that pits the group against Rupert Murdoch's British satellite TV operation BSkyB.

BRUSSELS, April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. cable firm Liberty Global won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its $15.8 billion takeover of Virgin Media, a deal that pits the group against Rupert Murdoch's British satellite TV operation BSkyB.

BRUSSELS, April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. cable firm Liberty Global won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its $15.8 billion takeover of Virgin Media, a deal that pits the group against Rupert Murdoch's British satellite TV operation BSkyB.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) wrote a letter to News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch on Thursday, urging him to reconsider airing an NRA-sponsored NASCAR race on Fox.  In the letter, Murphy called the NRA 500, which is set to take place Saturday at

On Slashdot, user "theodp" ran a Google cache search of Amplify, Rupert Murdoch's education subsidiary. The results, as theodp put it? "Obscene."