Just a quick one.
By now you will all have seen Randomnonviolences Diary on PBS's Frontline program where for a US TV audience, the channel is going to run through the current state of play in the UK situation.
But that isn't the only TV event to worry Ruperts sleep this week
We also Have Panorama, the BBC's premier Investigative Journalism program on Monday evening in the UK providing a program that on the surface seems to add outright criminality to the mix.
BBC to make fresh claims of Rupert Murdoch firm law-breaking - Telegraph
The Panorama documentary, which will be broadcast on Monday, makes allegations against NDS, a former News Corporation subsidiary that provides encryption software for many of Mr Murdoch’s television stations.
According to a trailer on the BBC website, the documentary, titled Murdoch’s TV Pirates, “examines the role of former senior police officers in recruiting people to break the law — in order to bring down Murdoch’s commercial rival.”
After learning of the documentary, lawyers for News Corporation sent a letter to media organisations that read: “The allegation which the BBC appears to be broadcasting on Monday is that News Corporation has been involved in illegal activities designed to cause the collapse of a business rival … this allegation is serious, defamatory, false and highly damaging.”
Here's the program synopsis
BBC One - Panorama, Murdoch's TV Pirates
As Rupert Murdoch faces accusations of law-breaking and corruption at his British tabloid newspapers, Panorama reveals fresh hacking allegations at the heart of News Corporation's pay-TV empire.
The investigation examines the role of former senior police officers in recruiting people to break the law - in order to bring down Murdoch's commercial rival.
If this is all new information this could be big, it's criminality linked to and based in the US, If it's just a retread of old information, then The Murdoch organisation will be able to brush it off.
In other news, James Murdoch appears to have been maneuvered out of his remaining positions within his fathers UK newspaper empire.
Murdoch heir drops role in British newspapers, prompting sale rumours
James Murdoch has finally severed all ties with British News International, quitting the boards of Times Newspapers Holdings and two other holdings companies associated with the troubled newspaper group. The son of Rupert Murdoch dramatically stepped down as chairman of News International in February after sustained pressure from shareholders of its parent company, News Corporation.
All this has summoned up rumours that Rupert is in the process of selling off his UK newspaper holdings, and this is an action to distance the family from the company and maneuver to stay in control of the TV company