James Murdoch

Via Digital Spy

James Murdoch is to step down as executive chairman of News International newspapers in the UK, it has been announced.
News Corporation confirmed this afternoon that Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, will no longer chair the board at the group that includes companies publishing The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun.

He has been widely criticised for his handling of the phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World last year, including question marks over how much he knew about the scale of criminal behaviour at the UK newspaper publisher.

Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive and chairman of News Corporation, said that his son will now focus on expanding the company’s pay-TV businesses.

“We are all grateful for James’s leadership at News International and across Europe and Asia, where he has made lasting contributions to the group’s strategy in paid digital content and its efforts to improve and enhance governance programmes,” he said.

“Now that he has moved to New York, James will continue to assume a variety of essential corporate leadership mandates, with particular focus on important pay-TV businesses and broader international operations.” Continue Reading….

James Murdoch has run back to America because he fears he will be arrested and later charged.

News International minions are being fed to the lions while old man Murdoch, his son and Rebekah Brooks seem to be getting away with it. Rebekah in particular knew about her staffs phone hacking practices and the bribing of police officers.  How can they expect us to believe that Rebekah and those above her knew nothing of these practices?