Summary Box: James Murdoch resigns News Intl post
Summary Box: James Murdoch resigns as News International executive chairman
THE NEWS: James Murdoch, the executive at the epicenter of the phone-hacking scandal at his father's British newspapers, is stepping down as executive chairman of News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper arm.
NEW FOCUS: James, the youngest son of 80-year-old media mogul Rupert Murdoch, will concentrate on expanding the company's television business.
SHIFTING DUTIES: The 39-year-old James will still remain deputy chief operating officer of News Corp. but the move plucks the one-time heir apparent to his father's global empire away from a firestorm over his credibility and his role in Britain's expanding phone-hacking scandal.
