After days of intense
pressure over phone hacking and corruption allegations, Rupert Murdoch has made a dramatic U-turn by withdrawing his bid to take full control of the broadcaster BSkyB.
Not exact matches
Pressure on the Murdochs
over the
phone -
hacking scandal is unlikely to abate after forcing the resignation of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and the closure of the News of the World tabloid earlier this year.
The three came under
pressure over a letter in May 2007 prepared by Harbottle & Lewis on the instruction of Jon Chapman, the former director of legal affairs, and Daniel Cloak, the head of human resources, suggesting
phone hacking had not been widespread.
The Dowler family piled the
pressure on Rebekah Brooks, pointing out that they had not received a single apology from anyone at News International
over allegations that their daughter's
phone had been
hacked into.