That deal was eventually scuppered by a phone hacking scandal at one of Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers, but it indicated the group’s intentions around pay-TV. It also follows an attempt in 2010 by News Corp to snap up the 61 percent of Britain’s BSkyB it did not already own. The move comes as media conglomerate News Corp separates its publishing and entertainment assets into two publicly traded companies following shareholder pressure to sell its troubled newspaper business and put a greater focus on the faster-growing TV companies. A passer-by stands in front of the News Corporation building in New York June 28, 2012.
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