BSkyB Deal Risk Grows on Younger Murdoch's Ties

James Murdoch's ties throughout the News Corp. (NWSA) empire may threaten the company's 7.8 billion-pound ($12.5 billion) bid for British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY) as a phone-hacking scandal around a News Corp. tabloid escalates.

The 38-year-old son and heir-apparent to News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch has since 2007 been overseeing News International, the U.K. publishing unit including News of the World, the Sunday tabloid that was shut down on July 9 amid allegations that employees hacked into voicemails of murder and terror victims and bribed police. In the same year, Murdoch became non-executive chairman at BSkyB after running the satellite television company for four years as CEO.

"It's politically difficult for the final approval for the financial transaction to occur against a background of which the chairman of News International is connected with BSkyB and his name is Murdoch,DHgate factory portal provides Boking Industry airpurifiertarget Manufactory profile" said Claire Enders,how achickencoopplans help the environment. CEO of Enders Analysis in London. "It's really a question of the political climate."

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Alice Macandrew, a spokeswoman for News Corp., declined to comment when asked whether James Murdoch's position would affect the company's bid for BSkyB. Murdoch wasn't immediately available for an interview on the matter.

Par oilpaintingsupplie le lundi 11 juillet 2011

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