Abstract：Rupert Murdoch's media empire was besieged recently by accusations that several of his British newspapers engaged in hacking, deception and privacy violations.
Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday apologized for the phone-hacking, but denied responsibilities for the scandal saying the "people he trusted or perhaps those they trusted" were to blame.
UK tabloid hacked into voicemails
Keith Rupert Murdoch, (born 11 March 1931), is an Australian American media mogul and the Chairman and CEO of News Corporation. Beginning with one newspaper in Adelaide, Murdoch acquired and started other publications in his native Australia before expanding News Corp into the United Kingdom, United States and Asian media markets. He created Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986. In the 2000s, he became a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry and the Internet, and purchased The Wall Street Journal. Rupert Murdoch was listed three times in the Time 100 as among the most influential people in the world. He is ranked 13th most powerful person in the world in the 2010 Forbes' The World's Most Powerful People list. With a net worth of US$6.3 billion, he is the 117th wealthiest person in the world.
TIME
The Guardian
The Daily Telegraph
The Evening Stardard
The Independent
The Wall Street Journal
Sidney newspaper
German newspaper
