Sunday, 10 July 2011

Murdoch And Brooks Meet Amid Deal Delay Calls

Mr Murdoch, who arrived in the UK today, was seen reading the final edition of the News Of The World as he was driven to the Wapping site.
Before arriving in the UK, the 80-year-old News Corporation chairman expressed his "total" support for Mrs Brooks.
Mrs Brooks has faced calls for her resignation from critics who claim she would have known about phone hacking while she was editor at the NOTW, which was shut down amid the scandal.


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6:57pm UK, Sunday July 10, 2011

Murdoch And Brooks Meet Amid Deal Delay Calls

Rebekah Brooks has arrived at Rupert Murdoch's west London residence amid calls for News Corporation's proposed takeover of BSkyB to be postponed.

Mrs Brooks, News International's chief executive, arrived at 5.35pm at Mr Murdoch's flat, where he had travelled after visiting Nl's headquarters in Wapping.
Mr Murdoch, who arrived in the UK today, was seen reading the final edition of the News Of The World as he was driven to the Wapping site.
Before arriving in the UK, the 80-year-old News Corporation chairman expressed his "total" support for Mrs Brooks.
Mrs Brooks has faced calls for her resignation from critics who claim she would have known about phone hacking while she was editor at the NOTW, which was shut down amid the scandal.
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch reading the final edition of the News Of The World
It comes as Labour Leader Ed Miliband urged the Government to delay the deal until the inquiry into the hacking allegations is completed.
Mr Miliband threatened to force a Commons vote on the takeover which would see Mr Murdoch's organisation take full control of BSkyB, the parent company of Sky News.
In an appearance on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Miliband warned: "(The Prime Minister) has got to understand that when the public have seen the disgusting revelations that we have seen this week, the idea that this organisation, which engaged in these terrible practices, should be allowed to take over BSkyB, to get that 100% stake, without the criminal investigation having been completed and on the basis of assurances from that self-same organisation - frankly that just won't wash with the public."
Sky's political correspondent Jon Craig said Mr Miliband was considering "leading from the front" and opening Labour's opposition day debate on the bid himself.

Read more at: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Ed-Miliband-Demands-Postponement-Of-BSkyB-Takeover-As-Rupert-Murdoch-Arrives-In-The-UK/Article/201107216027715?lpos=UK_News_First_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_16027715_Ed_Miliband_Demands_Postponement_Of_BSkyB_Takeover_As_Rupert_Murdoch_Arrives_In_The_UK

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