Testimony before an inquiry into the British press could throw new light on the ties between the government and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

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British Inquiry Questions Murdoch Lobbyist

A lobbyist for by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation tells the Leveson Inquiry he did nothing “inappropriate” in contacting Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s former special adviser.

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BSkyB contact not ‘inappropriate’

British prosecutors said that Rebekah Brooks, a former key aide to Rupert Murdoch, will face prosecution along with her husband and four others.

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Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper subsidiary, testified on Friday before an inquiry into press ethics.

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Rebekah Brooks, Former Senior Murdoch Aide, Appears Before Leveson Inquiry

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch received a strong endorsement from the board of directors of his News Corp. on Wednesday, a day after British lawmakers investigating a phone hacking scandal said Murdoch was “not a fit person” to run a major international company.

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News Corp. board backs Murdoch

A day after a British parliamentary panel castigated Rupert Murdoch, BSkYB insisted on Wednesday that it was a “fit and proper” company to hold a broadcasting license.

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British Satellite Broadcaster Defends Record

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is set to be grilled about corruption and phone hacking Wednesday, a day after his son revealed the depth of the contacts between the Murdoch empire and the highest levels of the British government.

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Rupert Murdoch: Hacking is lazy

News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch tells the Leveson Inquiry he did not expect any favours from Margaret Thatcher when he met her while he was bidding for Times newspapers.

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Murdoch denies Thatcher influence

James Murdoch, a top executive in his father Rupert Murdoch's media empire, is due to appear Tuesday before an independent British inquiry into journalistic ethics prompted by phone hacking at his defunct News of the World tabloid.

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Murdoch to testify in hacking inquiry

The police inquiry into phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers moved a step closer to possible criminal prosecutions on Wednesday.

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British Prosecutors Consider Charges in Phone Hacking Case

An Australian newspaper’s report that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation had sabotaged competitors in the 1990s was dismissed by the company’s Australian media wing as “laughable.”

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Murdoch’s News Ltd. Rejects TV Piracy Claim in Australia

News International owner Rupert Murdoch says he is committed to publishing the Sun newspaper, following the arrest of five of its employees.

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Sun ‘will continue’ says Murdoch

While many modern executives live behind a wall of communications operatives, Rupert Murdoch, the chief of News Corporation, is openly expressing his opinions on Twitter.

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The Media Equation: Twitter Gives Glimpse Into Rupert Murdoch’s Mind

How Robert Maxwell tried to take on Rupert Murdoch

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The Maxwell Murdoch rivalry

Protesters from the ”Occupy Wall Street” movement heckled News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum on Friday in San Francisco, California, accusing him of of trying to profit from public education.

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VIDEO: Murdoch speech is heckled in US