Dec 09 Business leaders warn Trump of economic fallout from mass deportation By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Still grappling with Donald Trump's surprise election, the nation's business community has begun to pressure the president-elect to abandon campaign-trail pledges of mass deportation and other hard-line immigration policies that some large employers fear would hurt the economy. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch 8:34 The long rise and very quick fall of Fox News boss Roger Ailes By PBS News Hour For 20 years, the man at the helm of Fox News was it's CEO and founder Roger Ailes. On Thursday, Ailes stepped down after former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment suit against him. Jane Hall, associate professor at… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 7:04 What handing over power means for Murdoch’s media empire By PBS News Hour Eighty-four-year-old media titan Rupert Murdoch is ready to step aside from his role leading an empire worth tens of billions of dollars. Judy Woodruff talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about Murdoch’s legacy. Continue watching
Jun 11 Rupert Murdoch to step down as CEO of 21st Century Fox By News Desk Australian American business magnate Rupert Murdoch is leaving his post as CEO of 21st Century Fox and turning over the mass media corporation to his son James, according to an announcement on Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch British newspaper editor sentenced for phone hacking scandal By PBS News Hour A British court sentenced the former editor of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid to 18 months in jail for his role in a phone hacking scandal. The practice of reporters hacking into the cellphones of private individuals in… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch For Murdoch, Concerns His Great Empire Is ‘Under Serious Threat’ For Murdoch, Concerns of His Great Empire 'Under Serious Threat'… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch ‘I Failed,’ Murdoch Says of Tabloid Scandal While Denying Part in Wrongdoing Media mogul Rupert Murdoch took the stand Thursday in a British media ethics inquiry, describing his News of the World tabloid as a "serious blot" on his News Corp reputation. Murdoch also said he wished the paper behind the phone… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch News Wrap: Murdoch Downplays Political Sway in Media Ethics Inquiry In other news Wednesday, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch appeared before a British inquiry panel to refute charges he had too cozy a relationship with Britain's top politicians, among them former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Also, the U.S. Senate voted… Continue watching
Feb 29 Watch News Corp.’s Succession ‘in Flux’ as James Murdoch Resigns Under pressure from the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed his tabloid News of the World last summer, James Murdoch -- the youngest son of Rupert Murdoch -- stepped down as executive chairman of News International. Gwen Ifill discusses the ongoing fallout… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Cameron ‘Weakened’ by Scandal, But Appears to Be Out of Immediate Danger Prime Minister David Cameron came under tough questioning Wednesday before Parliament about his link to the News of the World's phone-hacking scandal. Gwen Ifill discusses how a media scandal has turned into a political one with The Guardian's Richard Adams… Continue watching