As Hacking Scandal Grows, So Does News Corp.'s PR Crisis

As News Corp.’s problems related to the phone-hacking scandal deepen, the company continues to take steps to try and control the PR disaster that has ensued.

Besides shutting down the still-popular 168-year-old News of the World, News Corp. is trying to stall the takeover of BSkyB to try and ride out the storm, which has now battered both companies’ stock price. A YouGov poll quoted in The Wall Street Journal says only nine percent of people think the deal should proceed while 70 percent think it should not.

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