When Mr Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, came before Leveson on 24 April, he was asked about emails in which it was revealed that Mr Salmond's adviser - named as Geoff Aberdein - had agreed that the first minister would call Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt "whenever we need him to".
There may therefore be an expectation that Mr Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, will be more in the firing line when it comes to the forensic questioning of the committee's members - though at the relevant times, his responsibilities went wider than News International's British newspapers, so he too may not be able to provide answers to everything the committee wishes to know.
This morning, Murdoch promoted James, the younger of his two sons, to deputy chief operating officer, expanding his sphere of influence, previously limited to Europe and Asia, to the entire globe.
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And then there is a second reason why her arrest will be a blow both to Rupert Murdoch and to his son, James Murdoch, her immediate boss as head of News Corp's European operations.
In that sense, the UK's largest media company seems undented by the crisis at its largest shareholder, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp which owns 39% of BSkyB - and which supplies the chairman of BSkyB, James Murdoch, also chairman of News Corp's UK operations.
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James Murdoch is especially unlikely to want to distance News Corp. from the broadcaster, which he helped build.
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Cameron also had meetings with James Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch and a senior News Corp. executive.
On the one hand, James Murdoch can say that the rot within his organisation has tonight been cut out.
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James Murdoch is giving up his last high-profile position in the UK, his chairmanship of British Sky Broadcasting.
Jeremy Hunt had just sent a text message to James Murdoch congratulating him on the progress of his bid.
James Murdoch, who authorized the settlement with Mr. Taylor at the beginning of 2008, says he now regrets it.
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So, again, James Murdoch can be more-or-less guaranteed being re-elected on the basis of votes linked to his family.
Of particular importance, James Murdoch constantly tried to intercede with details that his father was in no position to know.
That seemed to be settled until his son and heir apparent, James Murdoch, 38, got caught up in the frenzy.
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It emerged that James Murdoch has stepped down from the boards of the subsidiaries that operate News Corporation's British newspapers.
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Nor is it comforting to realize that News International, whose chair is James Murdoch, could be indicted for bribing U.K. officials.
On Tuesday, James Murdoch also denied that News Corp. bartered positive editorial coverage for the government's support of the BSkyB deal.
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In a few weeks, James Murdoch faces another important vote, on whether he should remain as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting.
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