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James Murdoch quits role at UK newspaper branch

Associated Press

  March 01, 2012

James Murdoch, his credibility diminished and his future at the helm of his father’s media empire in doubt, stepped down Wednesday as executive chairman of News International, the troubled British newspaper subsidiary embroiled in a deepening phone hacking scandal.

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