DCMS Murdochs’ select committee hearing as it happened

James Murdoch talks at DCMS

Marketing Week follows the developments at the House of Commons culture select committee, as senior News Corporation executives take questions from MPs over the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch and son James, Europe and Asia chief executive, will be quizzed from 2:30pm. Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, who resigned last week and was arrested on Sunday, answers questions from 3:30pm.

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