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To be honest, even the original creator, Andy, did not expect that his own fire would burn to the present level, and he also did not expect that the consequences were so serious that he also included Rupert Murdoch.

The eavesdropping incidents have been exposed as early as the end of 2006, but under the public relations of News Corporation, the incident did not cause much boll. However, this time, the flames ignited by Andy Smith were like the fire of Kashihara, and various black materials about News Corps were exposed.

People at this time found that, in addition to the Prince of England and aristocracy, celebrities. Political figures, victims of the murder, and even the families of the victims of the "7.7" bombing in London in 2005, as well as the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, have become the subject of eavesdropping on this newspaper. This incident has finally sparked public outrage. Everyone is aware of the possibility of becoming a victim, which has also caused the people of Britain and the United States to jointly question "where is the conscience of the media today!"

However, as the incident intensified, Murdoch himself and many of the media's flag bearers in his empire's attitude towards the eavesdropping scandal made people even more angry.

The "Buy News" scandal tabloid "The Sun" showed few signs of scandal, and some serious media did not avoid the scandal, but they often sympathized with their boss Murdoch when reporting, and the Wall Street Journal blamed critics Adopt "double standards" in eavesdropping.

Although the Times, like other media, is rolling on its website to cover the latest developments in the eavesdropping scandal. However, the Times report focuses on describing Murdoch as an attacked weak ...

The Wall Street Journal has almost become a rumor-pickering tool, claiming that international news companies' alleged bribery of the British police originally came from a competitor's newspaper and was "magnified quickly by numerous media without confirmation".

And took over the role of spokesperson, reiterating that News Corp. "has not found any indication" that the company's UK division "has any association and similarity with the incidents, allegations, actions taken" of its U.S. division .

However, these did not stop the anger of the people in Washington and London. More and more US lawmakers expressed concern about the eavesdropping and urged the FBI to investigate whether the call records of the "911" victims were eavesdropped. Some civil society groups have directly proposed hearings in Congress on News Corps newspaper wiretapping.

Of course, the media that opposes the Murdoch Group naturally will not miss this opportunity to take the opportunity to erupt and comprehensively track all the details and progress of the eavesdropping scandal. To be honest, in terms of public opinion orientation, Andy really did not use too many resources, and reached the point where Murdoch is universal.

In fact, this is also very easy to understand. Over the years, the huge News Corps has made many enemies in mergers and acquisitions and changes in support of partisans. This time the people ’s crusade, the United States and Britain ’s political pressure at the same time, seems to mean that Murdoch and News Corps have gone, and the world media will enter the “post-Murdoch era” of nominations.

The British "Guardian", "Daily Telegraph", "Independence News", "Daily Mail", and "New York Times" and "Los Angeles Times" all continue to dig into eavesdropping scandals on important websites and newspapers. "Duli News" 's excavation of scandals such as police leaks has made News Corps more and more passive. The Daily Mail was once the most direct opponent of World News and The Sun. After the eavesdropping scandal broke, The Daily Mail hits opponents directly with titles like "Murdoch Judgment Day ..."

Legendary media mogul Murdoch planted.

Falling from a high place and losing ground.

The Washington Post directly claims that if Murdoch ’s "eavesdropping" incident proves to be his intention or knowledge, Murdoch will not only lose the News Corps he has worked hard for a lifetime, but may also go to jail.

Murdoch's failure, apart from his rebellion against his own culture, is more important than his arrogance.

As a world-renowned business magnate, his enthusiastic relationship with the country's top politicians has made him a terrible politician. British politicians loved him and were afraid of him. All previous prime ministers regarded him as a guest. He ridiculed Auguan Hai privately more than once, and even claimed that the other party was not a black man at all.... Arrogant, strong, stubborn attributes.

However, he never seemed to think that News Corporation's monopoly in Britain and its strength in the United States have destroyed the foundation of British and American societies to safeguard people's livelihood and freedom of information.

The matter must be reversed. The British "Duli" newspaper may have Andy's selfishness, but in response to other peer newspapers, the problem is the early prevention of the unimaginable public opinion monopoly in the future. However, the reluctance of high-level British and American political figures to avoid Plague God at one glance also shows that these people are even more reluctant to be a **** in Murdoch's political resource pool.

At this time, the United Kingdom had a very high voice, saying that Murdoch had too much influence on British politics and public life, and called for the amendment of media ownership regulations and the division of News Corps.

As soon as this call came out, Murdoch really couldn't continue to be arrogant. The split of News Corp was undoubtedly the foundation of the empire that was completely destroyed. This was unacceptable to him anyway, so he acknowledged it and planted it in In the soil that made him so successful, he overused the soil that made him profitable and was eventually abandoned by this soil.

On August 12, major newspapers in Britain and the United States published a letter of apology from News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. He wrote in the letter that News Corporation deeply regrets a series of serious wrongdoings and victims, and regrets that the eavesdropping incident was not resolved as soon as possible. He also said that an apology is not enough. In the coming days, News Corporation will solve the problem down-to-earth and make every effort to make up for the losses caused. Please wait and see ...

On August 13, News Corporation announced that its board of directors had approved a total of $ 5 billion in share repurchase programs. News Corp's repurchase scale is significantly higher than the original plan of $ 1.8 billion. In the past few trading days, the stock market value of News Corporation's stock has shrunk by USD 7 billion due to investors' concerns that the suspension of "World News" will have further negative impact on News Corporation. On the 12th, the stock fell another 7.6%, the largest single-day drop since April 2009.

"what"

"Wow!"

Andy Smith, who has returned to New York, sits on the boss chair in the spacious office of the classical and luxurious Rockefeller Center, closes the unfolded newspaper, and then folds it, throwing it at his desk. The curvature of the corner of his mouth can explain How cheerful and happy he was at this moment.

"Repurchase program ... Oh, how easy is it to get you out of trouble!"

Pound

"Boss, Mr. Witley is here."

Andy glanced at the assistant and nodded. "Let him in."

After speaking, Andy got up from the boss chair, walked to the hanger aside, took off the light suit and put it on.

"Boss." Al walked into the office and called after seeing Andy.

"Are all the materials ready? Let's go, let's say on the road." Andy first asked, then looked at the time, and walked out as he said.

"Everything is ready." Al Yibu stepped up and said.

"that's OK."

Andy took Arvette and his assistants and bodyguards into the elevator and said to Al with a smile: "Read the newspaper this morning? News Corp claims that their market value has shrunk by 7 billion. Unfortunately, we made a profit. Less than 2 billion. "

For his own boss's gloating banter, Al can only laugh and shake his head. The market value has shrunk by 7 billion U.S. dollars, which does not mean that News Corporation has lost 7 billion dollars. Many people refer to the "how much money" the stock and "the actual money" When confused, how much money is lost when the price drops.

In fact, in the process of liquidity, constant buying and selling are amortized, and the total amount of market liquidity is unchanged. The so-called evaporated money, and the money lost by shareholders, were actually cashed out by high-profile shareholders of low-cost listed companies; they were earned by investment experts such as institutions, hot money, and hot money; of course, there are also very few low-level buy The retail investors who sold at a high level and made a high profit followed; the last is the countries and securities companies that protect the drought and floods, earning stamp taxes, commissions, and transfer fees.

Therefore, this time their short-selling operation against News Corp. was undoubtedly very successful, and it was definitely a big profit.

However, his boss seems to be a little bit dissatisfied and is preparing to give News Corps a fatal shot at the end.