There is also a potential conflict of interest for James Murdoch, were he to remain chairman of BSkyB, in that Ofcom, the media regulator, has said that it may have to review whether BSkyB is a fit-and-proper holder of a broadcasting licence, in the light of the disclosures of alleged systematic malpractices at the News of the World, the Sunday tabloid closed by News International eight days ago.
At the 'popular' end of the Sunday market, the closure of the News of the World boosted sales of the Daily Star Sunday by 94% across Britain, with the Sunday Mirror up 62%.
News Corporation has been confident that it could demonstrate that the combination of BSkyB with News Corporations' UK newspapers - the Sun, the Times, the News of the World and the Sunday Times - does not pose a serious threat to competition.
So suddenly now on a Saturday afternoon, when I'm about to play tennis, and I get a call to say the News of the World and the Sunday Mirror are about to do ...
Opposition to the bid has increased this week following revelations of alleged phone-hacking at News of the World, the Sunday paper owned by News International, which is part of News Corp.
Mosley was accused by the News of the World on Sunday of taking part in a "Nazi-style orgy in a torture dungeon".
Annual comparisons are misleading though as the popular newspaper market last autumn was distorted during the period between the closure of the News of the World and the launch of The Sun on Sunday.
The other publications named in the report are: the Sunday Mirror, Daily Sport, The People, Daily Mail's Weekend Magazine, Sunday Express, The Sun, Closer magazine, Sunday Sport, Mail on Sunday's Night and Day, News of the World, Daily Express, Sunday Business News, Daily Record, the Express' Saturday, Sunday Mirror Magazine, Real Magazine, Daily Mirror Magazine, Mail in Ireland, Daily Star, Marie Claire, Personal Magazine and Sunday World.
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The BSkyB chairman - who also runs much of News Corporation, the publisher of The Times, Sunday Times, Sun and the News of the World - expressed particular concern over the public funding of the BBC's news output, which he called "state-sponsored journalism".
On May 2nd the News of the World, a British Sunday tabloid, published an account of a sting operation in which John Higgins, the world's top-ranked snooker player, and his agent Patrick Mooney, appeared to agree to accept bribes in return for losing specific frames in future contests.
He was testifying before an independent British inquiry into journalistic ethics prompted by phone hacking at the defunct News of the World, once the flagship British Sunday tabloid of News Corp.
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Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that News Corp. may recapture a chunk of the lost revenues from closing News of The World by shifting its 200 employees to start a Sunday edition of The Sun.
News Corporation, the owner of The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and The News of the World, has been a major shareholder of BSkyB since the launch of the broadcaster in 1989.
On her return to the UK, she worked in regional papers before making the move to Sunday tabloid News of the World in the late 1980s.
The 168-year-old News of the World shut down on Sunday after numerous accusations of phone hacking.
In addition to owning News of the World, News International owns the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times in Britain.
In a statement issued after the adjournment, Ms Forsyth said Sunday's News of the World report contained "important inaccuracies", though she stopped short of a full denial.
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The News of the World carried a report on Sunday claiming Mosley had taken part in a "Nazi-style orgy in a torture dungeon".
News Corp. shut down its British Sunday tabloid, The News of the World, last summer after public outrage at the scale of illegal eavesdropping its journalists did in search of stories.
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But can The Sun on Sunday just pick up where News of the World left off?
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Meanwhile, Frances Osborne, wife of shadow chancellor George Osborne and one of those mentioned in the e-mails, has complained to the Press Complaints Commission after allegations about her were repeated in the Sunday Times and News of the World.
Mr Cameron set up the Leveson Inquiry in July 2011 after it emerged journalists working for the Sunday tabloid the News of the World had hacked the mobile phone of murdered Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Her ignorance of what happened at the News of the World reinforced their claims that they too had no knowledge of the alleged scale of abuses by the Sunday tabloid, which was closed down only a week ago.
The information about the News of the World story on the night of publication was known to only a handful of Sunday paper journalists.
His News of the World title, once Britain's biggest Sunday paper, was closed amid public outrage over the scandal.
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's British Sunday tabloid the News of the World systematically eavesdropped illegally on crime victims, politicians, celebrities and veterans in search of stories.
That's the conundrum posed by this weekend's sting operation in which the News of the World, Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid, set up a group of people who, it says, wanted to buy bomb-making material on behalf of a Saudi backer.
The Sunday paper the News of the World not only offered a reward for news about Sarah Payne's abduction but it started a vigorous campaign to bet the Government to consider introducing Sarah's law, which would give parents controlled access to the whereabouts of paedophiles.
There is also a special programme on the best of the Young and Jobless Season on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December.
Sunday tabloid newspaper the News of the World alleges that two of Pakistan's players deliberately bowled three no-balls as part of a betting scam in last week's Test match against England at Lord's.
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