News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB Italia. "The Guardian" went so far as to say that, "Without a full takeover of BSkyB, News Corp's global satellite strategy would look an unco-ordinated mess." The first key turning point in the planned takeover was the removal in December 2010 of regulatory approval from Vince Cable, who had told undercover reporters from "The Daily Telegraph" he had "declared war" on Murdoch. When these comments were made public, the final say on the deal went instead to Jeremy Hunt. Cable's comments on this matter were not published by the "Telegraph", but were instead leaked to BBC journalist Robert Peston, most
Media coverage in conjunction with the news media phone hacking scandal coverage, as did Sky News in the UK, whose controlling interest was owned by News Corp. On the day after Murdoch closed "News of the World", his "New York Post" mentioned the scandal on page 29. In comparison, "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" had front-page stories, as did Murdoch's "Wall Street Journal" and his "Times of London". The Atlantic Wire; (14 July 2011) ABC News (Australia); (29 July 2011) The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney conducted a study of coverage of the phone hacking scandal from 8 to 15 July by