's U.K. newspapers the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times, according to British regulatory filings, which registered the changes in September.

WSJ: James Murdoch Resigns From Boards of U.K. Newspapers

Murdoch's News Corp. owns newspapers in Australia and the U.K., including The Sun and The Times of London, as well as the New York Post, Fox News Channel, Twentieth Century Fox and MySpace.

NPR: Bancroft Family Weighs $5 Billion Bid for Dow Jones

Last Monday, Sue Akers, the Metropolitan Police official overseeing the U.K. investigations, laid out accusations of "a culture at the Sun of illegal payments, " including bribes to policemen and other U.K. government officials.

WSJ: FBI Probing News Corp.'s Former Billboard Unit in Russia

's four major U.K. newspaper titles, the others being the Sun, the Times and Sunday Times, but its circulation has been declining in recent years.

WSJ: News Corp. to Close Its News of the World Tabloid

's U.K. newspaper unit said Ms. Wheeler is the Sun's defense editor.

WSJ: News Corp. Tabloid Journalist to Face Charge