Little Murdoch Involved In The Whirlpool

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Fear of charges

British congressman Alan Johnson told the media that James might face charges because he was involved in the eavesdropping incident.

"It is based on a law involving" director's criminal liability ".

He said that according to the law, top management of a company will not only be accused of its own criminal acts, but also be accused of not knowing what should be grasped.

James also acknowledged in a statement earlier last week that he approved a court settlement agreement involving privacy violations, and that he did not fully grasp the facts of the incident.

In 2007, James Murdoch took over the international News Corp of the British newspaper Department of news group. At that time, various doubts about the scandal of the news of the world had already existed, but the scandal did not erupt.

Previously, James, who was 38 years old, was responsible for handling the eavesdropping incident. But in March of this year, Murdoch realized that the development trend of the event was not optimistic, and even affected the acquisition of BSkyB by News Corp. He then went to London to try to calm down the related matters.

According to news media, former employees told the media, Rupert Murdoch (Rupert Murdoch) thought the youngest son handled things too rough.

In July 13th, the scandal of "eavesdropping scandal" continued to ferment in the past few days. The announcement of Murdoch's abandonment of BSkyB was the biggest blow to Murdoch media group in recent days.

In July 5th this year, the British press revealed that the news of the world had stolen a phone call from a missing girl, Millie Dowler, in 2002, which seriously interfered with the police investigation. The scandal of the eavesdropping broke out completely, and the news of the world had to close down.

"This is the most serious political crisis faced by the Murdoch family, but it is also a major business crisis."

Claire Enders, head of Enders analysis and research, believes that James has gradually realized the seriousness of the situation and has shown a sincere and humble attitude.

"James Murdoch did not handle it well.

He must have known that until 2008, eavesdropping continued.

Peter Boden wrote a book about the news of the world. He said, "the problem is that they are very loyal to each other, the Murdoch family and others.

James did not accurately judge and grasp the situation.

A few months ago, he once said, "we have put it in a box now, and it has been controlled."

Of course, he was wrong. "

Enders believes that the core of the problem is that, in a sense, the Murdoch family has a very special influence on British politics for decades. Therefore, James and his company do not know how to deal with this situation.

Like Darth Vinda's prospective successor

James Murdoch, born in 1972, is Rupert's youngest son. He dropped out of Harvard University at the age of 23 and began to build a hip-hop music recording company. He once labeled himself as a professional cartoonist.

But only 12 years later, he took over the news group's Asian and European businesses. Its influence ranges from Hollywood to Hongkong. It owns not only the largest circulation newspaper in the UK, the sun, but also the twentieth Century Fox Film Co, the Fawkes cable news network and the Starry Sky TV network, and also has the world's leading English book publisher, Harper Collins Companies, and publishes the main newspaper "Wall Street daily".

Whether James Murdoch can consolidate and grow the media empire established by his father is still to be observed in the long run. But James has already revealed a similar business strategy with his father.

Smart, neat and attractive is James's usual impression of the media and the public, but he is afraid of many news group employees.

He set up the model of Darth Vinda, the villain in Star Wars, outside his London office.

In Star Wars, Darth Vinda was the most direct symbol of the Imperial Emperor's use of terrorism to rule the Milky way, and because of the emperor's favor, his position was on the rise. He was a terrible military leader and had almost the highest status in the new order.

"When James is in this office, he often hears the sound of Das Vinda."

An editor who once served in the international News Corp said, "in this week's TV interview, he looks like a friendly and thinking person.

Maybe this is his side, but in the office, he is terrible. "

James seems to have inherited his father's genes. Murdoch is also smart and cold. When pursuing business interests, he is usually aggressive and ruthless. But when communicating with others, he is gentle, very good at lobbying and eager to work with the media.

In August 2009, James's "Mike Tate" speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival, which expounded the belief in laissez faire capitalism, caused widespread sensation, and more than 20 years ago, his father had been overstepping the government's interference in the media industry on this platform.

But James seems to have a temper more than his father. He rushed into the independent newspaper office to confront with the editor. He even criticized the regulatory body that decided the fate of BSkyB before bidding for BSkyB.

In the early days of Internet companies' upsurge, news group started its Internet business, and was led by James. But when the upsurge was over, James went to Hongkong Star TV station and became CEO of BSkyB in 2003.

At the beginning of this position, Murdoch was accused of cronyism. But soon, James quickly developed the company's business and developed a simple pay TV to a comprehensive business, including broadband and telephone, which turned analysts and investors into a twist.

At the end of 3 this year, James began to take full responsibility for news group's international business as deputy chief operating officer, chairman and CEO of international business.

Almost confirmed the status of his family heir and prepared for the first power pfer of the $46 billion media empire.