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James Murdoch steps down

Submitted by kieronb on Thu, 2012-03-01 10:39

James Murdoch steps down "His resignation as chairman of News International was not in itself unexpected. But it lays bare, in the wake of the phone-hacking and corrupt payments scandal, how far the balance of power has tilted in the empire."

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Thursday, 1 March 2012 - 11:37am

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