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James Rupert Jacob Murdoch (; born 13 December 1972) is the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox. He is the former chairman and chief executive of News Corp., Europe and Asia, where he oversaw assets such as News International (British newspapers), publisher of ''The News of the World'' newspaper, SKY Italia (satellite television in Italy), Sky Deutschland, and STAR TV (satellite television in Asia). He sits on the News Corporation board of directors and is a member of the office of the chairman. He was made Executive Chairman of News International in December 2007〔(The Observer, 9 December 2007 )〕 He has since resigned from the post. He previously held a non-executive chair at British Sky Broadcasting, in which News Corporation has a controlling minority stake. In April 2012, he was forced to resign as chairman of BSkyB in the wake of the ongoing phone-hacking scandal, in which he is implicated.〔(Murdoch steps down as BSkyB chairman ) Dan Sabbagh, 3 April 2012, The Guardian (London)〕 He was formerly an executive vice president of News Corporation, the controlling shareholder of BSkyB, and served on the boards of directors of News Datacom and of News Corporation. In May 2012, a highly critical UK Parliamentary report said Murdoch 'showed wilful ignorance of the extent of phone-hacking' and found him 'guilty of an astonishing lack of curiosity' over the issue.〔(What does the Select Committee report mean for Murdochs empire? )〕 It went on to say that both Murdoch and his father, Rupert, 'should ultimately be prepared to take responsibility' for wrongdoing at the ''News of the World'' and News International.〔Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 11th report, News International and phone-hacking (SMS Select Committee Report, phone-hacking, May 2012 )〕 Murdoch is a British citizen by birth and a naturalised U.S. citizen. He lost Australian citizenship when his father became a U.S. citizen, but he is eligible to reclaim Australian citizenship. ==Early life== Murdoch was born in Wimbledon, London, England. He is the fourth of multibillionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch's six children, and the third with Scottish-born journalist and author Anna Murdoch Mann. As a youngster James was regarded as the brightest of the Murdoch children, but was also considered something of a rebel.〔 He first came to public notice as a 15-year-old intern at the Sydney ''Daily Mirror'' but made headlines in the rival ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' after he was photographed asleep on a sofa at a press conference.〔 Murdoch attended Horace Mann School in New York City〔 and graduated in 1991. He then studied film and history at Harvard University, where he edited underground magazines and drew a comic strip for the college’s famed satirical magazine, ''Harvard Lampoon''. He dropped out of university in 1995 without completing his studies.〔 With university friends Brian Brater and Jarret Myer, he backed the establishment of Rawkus Records, an independent hip hop record label. The company was bought by News Corporation in 1998.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Murdoch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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