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Seems to be spreading to arms of News Corp?

The broadcast regulator Ofcom has asked News Group newspapers for more documents relating to phone hacking.

It wants the papers as part of its ongoing inquiry into whether BSkyB is a "fit and proper" owner of a broadcasting licence.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the parent company of both News Group, which owned the News of the World newspaper, and part-owner of BSkyB.

Ofcom wants to see documents disclosed in the civil cases over phone hacking.

The BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, said it was the first confirmation that the malpractices at the News of the World are material to Ofcom's decision about whether BSkyB, which is 39%-owned by News Corp, is fit and proper to hold a broadcasting licence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17860707