Gerson Zweifach, Rupert Murdoch’s senior lawyer, has been added to News Corp.’s internal management and standards committee,
the
Financial Times
reported.
The move follows the arrests of nine journalists at
The Sun,
a Murdoch newspaper, on charges of bribery.
The article said that Murdoch has no plans to close or sell
The Sun.
It also noted that tensions are brewing between Murdoch and his reporters, who had viewed him as a champion of his newspapers.
Observers have speculated that News Corp.’s board might press Murdoch to close or sell the newspapers or spin off News International, the company’s U.K. newspaper unit. But the
FT
report said the company’s independent directors were not advocating such steps. (Source:
Financial Times,
Feb. 15, 2012.)
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