As they say in the newsroom, the Murdochs just may be a running story akin to Watergate.
Rebekah Brooks will then give evidence to the committee on her own, when the Murdochs have finished.
The Murdochs' appearances this week marked another dramatic moment in a long-running scandal sparked by revelations that News Corp.
The Murdochs' appearances this week mark another dramatic moment in a long-running scandal sparked by revelations that News Corp.
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The Murdochs had already decided to close the News of the World newspaper.
That was after testimony had wrapped up and it became clear that disaster for the Murdochs had been averted.
Questions were also raised over Hunt's relationship with the Murdochs at the hearing.
My guess is that the Murdochs have sacrificed the News of the World in order to salvage their television ambitions.
He nearly lost his job in the spring, following an entanglement with the Murdochs who run News Corporation hate figures in Britain.
The British government set up the Leveson Inquiry, the independent investigation that summoned the Murdochs, in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
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Today he has posted a summary of an interview he gave to Sky TV, the broadcaster that the Murdochs largely control.
However, both companies would probably continue to be controlled by the Murdochs - which own roughly 40% of News Corp's voting shares.
This is ammunition for the culture secretary's critics who say his mind was made up to give the Murdochs what they wanted.
Apparently, BlackRock even raised some objections to the News Corp. dominance by the Murdochs recently, even though it is not a 5% holder.
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As it happens, I think this would be far more dangerous for the Murdochs and Associated News's of this world, than for Continuity BBC.
It will also surely be harder for the Murdochs, only a minority shareholder in News Corp, to run the company as a family fief.
"To the extent the Murdochs are forced to run the company in a more investor-friendly manner, " investors are upbeat, said Maxim Group analyst John Tinker.
The Murdochs now have to face up to their own responsibility.
Hed even survived the convulsive takeover by Rupert Murdochs News Corp.
The investment ties between the Murdochs and Alwaleed go both ways.
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Both Murdochs said they saw nothing wrong with a lobbyist's activities at the center of the controversy, and Mr. Hunt has said his conduct was appropriate.
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Both Murdochs are likely to be asked to appear again before Parliament likely under oath this time to explain the discrepancies, as is Hinton.
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Even so, scrapping NotW is a sure sign the Murdochs are fearful the continuing stream of hacking revelations is on the verge of derailing their takeover of British Sky Broadcasting Group.
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Having interviewed News Corp potentates from the Murdochs down, having heard from victims and private detectives and a vast array of interested parties, the committee is apparently deadlocked over its conclusions.
This committee is fresh from the interrogation of the Murdochs - and security outside was tight as members of the public were frisked to ensure no repeat of the foam pie incident.
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We call on you to stop the deal and ensure that regulators fully assess on the basis of the public inquiries whether the Murdochs are fit and proper people to run a broadcaster.
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He was early and right on, but The News of the World rag in London with maybe 200 Third Estate Practitioners, probably marginally profitable at best, could bring down the Murdochs and scotch the BSkyB deal.
However, he could not bring himself to do what both Ed Miliband and David Cameron have done - to admit that politicians, including himself, had got too close to the Murdochs in the hope of favours.
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