Ivor Gaber

James Murdoch quits UK newspaper boards

LONDON (Reuters) - James Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the publishing units within News Corp's British newspaper arm, which used to include the now-defunct News of the World tabloid at the center of the phone hacking scandal, regulatory filings show.
 

James Murdoch quits UK newspaper boards

LONDON (Reuters) - James Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the publishing units within News Corp's British newspaper arm, which used to include the now-defunct News of the World tabloid at the center of the phone hacking scandal, regulatory filings show.
 

Murdoch limits damage in parliament grilling

LONDON (Reuters) - James Murdoch, fighting for his career, held his line that he was innocent of covering up phone-hacking at the News of the World tabloid and blamed other former executives in a UK parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
 

Shock image threshold falls under internet pressure

PARIS (Reuters) - The threshold for publishing gruesome images like those of Muammar Gaddafi's death is falling as the internet and social media make many of the editorial decisions that used to be left to a small group of professional journalists.
 

Murdoch paper paid Cameron aide: report

LONDON (Reuters) - News Corp funded the former editor of the News of the World tabloid when he worked for David Cameron in opposition, the BBC said, in new evidence of the close links between Britain's prime minister and Rupert Murdoch.
 

Uncertain future for British newspapers amid scandal

British media groups vied Sunday to attract readers of the now defunct News of the World tabloid, but analysts warned that a short-term sales surge could be followed by long-term collapse in the market.
 

Newspapers face uncertain future amid scandal

Media groups vied Sunday to attract readers of the defunct News of the World tabloid, but analysts warned that a short-term sales surge could be followed by long-term collapse in the market.
 

Instant view: Resignation of UK leader's media chief

LONDON (Reuters) - The British prime minister's communications chief Andy Coulson resigned on Friday, as prosecutors stepped up inquiries into illegal phone hacking at a tabloid newspaper when he was editor.
 

UK's Liberal Dems could seal Brown's fate

In Britain's election, could the often overlooked Liberal Democrats emerge the kingmaker?. Britain's uncertain national election may deliver a surprising twist: The country's perennial third-placed party, the hitherto toothless Liberal Democrats, could play kingmaker.
 

TV channel plans UK's first live election debate

UK's Brown challenged to take on political foes in country's first live TV debate. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is weighing an invitation to debate with his two main rivals on live television ? a first for Britain where leaders have resisted the sort of debates that can make or break election campaigns in countries like the U.S. and Australia.