DealBook Will Hacking Scandal Threaten News Corp.'s BSkyB Deal? | The widening voice-mail hacking scandal surrounding the News Corporation is endangering the company's proposed acquisition of BSkyB, which critics say would give the media company too much control over Britain's broadcasting market.
But before Thursday, the widening voice-mail hacking scandal at the British tabloid News of the World had threatened to stain the company's image in a way that other embarrassing incidents at News Corporation's far-flung media properties — which also include the Fox networks and The New York Post — had not.
Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.
"MURDER!" she said, her eyes suddenly widening and brightening, her voice seemingly transformed with a deep-throated ecstasy, demonically charged, almost like that of Mercedes McCambridge from The Exorcist.
How can we widen the democratic voice and involve a larger part of the electorate, many of whom are young and will be the future of politics?
Mr. Benkler is using Media Cloud to test his theory that digital media is widening the circle of voices somewhat.
"The Voice" widened its margin over "Dancing" on Monday, averaging a 4.4 rating with the 18-49 audiencomparedred with a 3.1 for "Dancing".
"Well, that hurts my feelings, but I'll try to go on," she said in a soft voice, her smile widening.
The director general of MI5 in a Guardian interview has now added his voice to a widening group of western officials who describe Russia as a threat, and against which new thinking must be developed.
As his Beatles era segued into his solo career, his singing voice found a widening range of expression.
He looked at me, his eyes widening, and in a weak voice said "Oh, please don't!" I did anyway.
