http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17932195
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The News Corporation board says it has "full confidence" in Rupert Murdoch.
In a statement, the board of directors said it supported Mr Murdoch to continue "to lead News Corporation into the future as its chairman and CEO".
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In a statement earlier, BSkyB said it remained a "fit and proper" holder of a broadcasting licence.
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Don't think anyone has argued otherwise about the latter..It's if the Murdochs are fit and proper to do so.
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Nevertheless the case has led to calls for action against Rupert Murdoch in the US, where News Corporation is headquartered.
The activist group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew) has asked the broadcasting regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, to revoke the 27 Fox broadcasting licences that News Corp holds in the US.
Crew said the House of Commons report "makes clear that both Rupert and James Murdoch were complicit in New Corp's illegal activities".
"If the Murdochs don't meet the British standards of character test, it is hard to see how they can meet the American standard," said Melanie Sloan from Crew.
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TPTB do seem to sitting on their hands in the US though.
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I may have spoken too soon.
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/in...b-463a0adc22c3
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Sen. Jay Rockefeller today sent a letter to Lord Justice Brian Leveson, who is currently leading a special judicial investigation into phone hacking and other alleged illegal activities by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. The letter asks Lord Leveson if his inquiry has uncovered any new information suggesting that News International’s conduct involved U.S. citizens or violated U.S. laws.
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