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James Murdoch - time to go
DATELINE: 26/10/12
The BSkyB AGM is convening on 1st November. Despite resigning as chairman of BSkyB, James Murdoch remains an independent director and is up for re-election. He should go. After the hacking scandal last year the industry regulator, Ofcom, questioned Murdoch's 'competence' and said that Murdoch "repeatedly fell short" of his duties as chairman of News International and BSkyB. Murdoch himself admitted that he 'should have asked more questions' whilst his company was hacking people's phones.
Murdoch has resigned as executive chairman of News International. He's stepped down from the boards of GlaxoSmithKline and Sotheby's. Why, then, is he still on the board of one of Britain's most high profile companies?Fair Pensions ( a charity campaigning for responsible investment in pensions at www.fairpensions.org.uk ) has asked the Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom to support the demand for James Murdoch to resign from BSkyB altogether. If you wish to join the demand by signing the Petition or require further information please see suggested link, tweet and press report below.
Here is the link: www.fairpensions.org.uk/bskyb
Suggested Tweet: James Murdoch is still on the board at #BSkyB. We think it's time for him to go. Don't you? http://www.fairpensions.org.uk/bskyb via @fairpensions
An article in the Guardian can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/25/pension-group-urges-bskyb-shareholders-oust-murdoch?newsfeed=true
Last modified: Friday, October 26, 2012
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World Press Freedom Day
More reporters are currently imprisoned in Turkey than in any other country in the world. Only a matter of weeks ago lawyers failed to persuade a Turkish court to release a 76-year-old journalist from a Turkish internet news station.
World Press Freedom Day on Friday May 3, 2013 is being marked in Britain by a rally to highlight the dangers facing journalists in Turkey and in this podcast, Nicholas Jones speaks to Barry White, Organiser at the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, and Sam Bamford, the TUC's policy officer for Eastern Europe and Africa about the importance of a campaign to highlight international press freedom.
The World Press Freedom Day rally is being staged by the National Union of Journalists at the NUJ head office, Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1 on Thursday May 2, 6pm-8pm.
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A European Citizens' Initiative is an official petition, like a Downing Street petition. If it succeeds in gathering a million signatures across the EU, the Commission is obliged to respond.
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