Heat on Murdoch Governance - US senators raise questions

Two Democratic senators have turned up the political pressure on News Corporation asking for any evidence that troubling and sometimes criminal conduct had occurred in the US or involved US citizens, and whether a scandal at Rupert Murdochs UK newspapers being investigated by Lord Justice Leveson who is leading an inquiry into the conduct of the British Press could jump across the Atlantic.

A day after a damning parliamentary report into Murdochs handling of the affair, News Corps directors gave him their unanimous backing, quelling speculation that he might split his chairman and chief executive roles ... R EAD MORE

Released by the Financial Times - 2 May 2012