Murdoch may appear before UK parliament committee

Rupert Murdoch and two senior executives have been called before an influential British parliamentary committee that scrutinizes the media to answer questions about the growing phone-hacking scandal that has shaken his UK newspaper group, a panel member said on Tuesday.

Labor lawmaker Tom Watson, who sits on parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said the panel wanted to speak to News Corp boss Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks, who runs News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, at a session next week. (Reuters)