I'm hearing Murdoch to abandon all his Newspapers in England,

[Hutzpa]

he has also abandon his bid for BSkyB, If this is true, well, I can start looking for the fat lady.

:woohoo:

[Kingofalldems]

1. K and R all Murdoch scandal threads

[DearAbby]

6. +1

:thumbsup:

[tallahasseedem]

11. Done AND done!

I can't get enough of this story! Now on to FOX "News".

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Does this mean that the Brits are going to have to learn

to put up with boring old facts again in their news instead of juicy, lurid hyped scandals and political disinformation?

Can civilization survive the onslaught of actual information?

[Lint Head]

4. Just the facts Mam.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rCZhXmQJb1g/S2BgNPCVB1I/AAAAAAAAAQw/_FuPKuNQJ28/s320/joe+friday.jpg

[dipsydoodle]

10. My name's Friday - I'm a

[Mark Baker]

21. Oh no,

not as long as the Mail is still going - plenty of disinformation there :(

[Cleita]

3. Let's hope he has to do the same here in the USA.

Apparently, one of his companies involved in the British scandal was an American based company.

[MADem]

5. They're after him.

Fortunately for him, though unfortunately for us, he's a US citizen, and they can't compel him to come foreward to testify as to the actions of his corp(se)oration.

[Hutzpa]

8. My hope is that Democrats are following this closely

as this can help them immensely.

Then again, knowing Murdoch and how snaky he is, he probably bought and
blackmailed both sides of the fence.

We will see, Hello Nancy how are you doing lately?

What's the saying that revenge is a dish served cold, is that right?

[dipsydoodle]

7. That's because

our newspapers ceased to be profitable some years ago. It is pay tv which is the cash cow and hence his interest in BSkyB - just a commercial decision.......you'd have to be paranoid to think it had political motives over here.

The only reason I'd miss any of our papers is that I'd have to find an alternative for lining the cat's litter trays.

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. Maybe he'll be so disappointed at all this that he'll throw up his hands

and say Fuck this shit - sell all his holdings and retire to an island in the Aegean. He could probably buy one from Greece at a bargain basement price.

[Bragi]

12. The bad news: he can then focus on his US properties /nt

[Hutzpa]

13. Here is what I know

whatever happens in England tends to repeat itself here in America, it may seems strange
but true.

So, please pass me that butter for my :popcorn: as I'm hooked on :popcorn:

[Bragi]

15. Agreed. Should be a good show. /nt

[malaise]

14. Good

K & R

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. More popcorn please

:popcorn:

[Kaleko]

17. Where did you hear that he's abandoning all of his newspapers in the UK?

I'm not asking in a belligerent way, I just don't want to kneejerk with false hope.

[kwassa]

19. He is exploring the idea, per the Wall Street Journal, which he owns

edit to add the link

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303678704576442253328212070.html

Rupert Murdoch and his tight-knit group of advisers at News Corp. have put a variety of strategic options on the table as they attempt to stem the fallout from a scandal and map out a future for their businesses, according to people familiar with the situation.

One idea contemplated in recent weeks is an option Mr. Murdoch has long shot down: selling his other British newspapers. News Corp. has informally explored whether there were any potential buyers for its U.K. newspaper unit, News International, according to people familiar with the matter. The unit, which includes the Sun, the Times of London, the Sunday Times and—until this week's closing—News of the World, was once one of Mr. Murdoch's flagship divisions and one of his favorites.

Given the poor economics of the newspaper business, there didn't appear to be any buyers, according to these people. It is possible that News Corp. could revisit the idea of selling or spinning off News International in the next six months, one of the people familiar with the matter said.

[Kaleko]

20. Thank you for the reply!

[Hutzpa]

23. Thanks for providing that link

I hope he is not just exploring but will follow through and eviscerate.

[LeftishBrit]

18. He's abandoned the BSkyB bid for now

Not clear what else is happening. He has been *considering* selling his British papers for a while, and going more into TV media here, and papers/other media abroad. This is mainly because print media is not nearly as good business in Britain as it used to be; though the scandal probably isn't helping.

We shall see what happens. Murdoch and his gang are pretty rough and tough, and I wouldn't assume they're dead and buried yet.

[Hutzpa]

22. Oh, not by a long shot

he is too wily and is a master at circumventing, to catch a fox you must be a fox
even for a minute.

[applegrove]

24. I've heard some pundits say that the newspaper business is dead and it is sound

business practice for Murdoch to get out of it and concentrate on tv and movies. So it isn't as if he is hurting himself much by doing it.

[WinkyDink]

25. Prison is the only fitting -30- .