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Rupert Murdoch arrives at the Sun's London headquarters Rupert Murdoch 'to launch Sun on Sunday soon'
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Rupert Murdoch has arrived at News International's offices in Wapping, London, where he is to speak to staff about the crisis at the Sun newspaper. Rupert Murdoch is to launch a new weekend tabloid, the Sun on Sunday, "very soon", according to Sky News.
It said the News Corporation boss made the announcement to staff at the Sun during talks at News International's offices in Wapping, London.
Ten current and former senior staff at the paper have been arrested since November in connection with alleged corrupt payments to public officials.Ten current and former senior staff at the paper have been arrested since November in connection with alleged corrupt payments to public officials.
Sun journalists are angry at the way police were handed information by a News Corporation committee. Mr Murdoch also lifted all staff suspensions pending police inquiries.
There have been questions raised about how this affects journalists' sources. In an email to staff he said "illegal acitivities simply cannot and will not be tolerated" and described the recent arrests as a "source of great pain for me".
But he also praised the "superb work" of Sun journalists and said "the Sun is a part of me".
'Superb work'
The email said of the arrested staff: "They are welcome to return to work. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty."
Last year News Corporation closed the News of the World over impropriety.Last year News Corporation closed the News of the World over impropriety.
Revelations that staff employed by the newspaper hacked the phones of public figures prompted the closure of the 168-year-old paper. Revelations that staff employed by the newspaper hacked the phones of public figures prompted the closure of the 168-year-old publication.
Emotional relationship Mr Murdoch arrived on a private plane at Luton Airport from the US on Thursday evening and was taken to Wapping in a vehicle with blacked-out windows.
Mr Murdoch, who is the chief executive of News Corporation, arrived on a private plane at Luton Airport from the US on Thursday evening. The meeting followed anger at the way in which the News Corporation's management and standards committee - set up to investigate allegations of wrongdoing - passed on information to the police.
He was taken to Wapping in a vehicle with blacked-out windows.
The BBC's Tim Reid, who was outside the company's headquarters in east London, said Mr Murdoch was expected to reassure staff about his commitment to the paper and its future but those inside were very much viewing the discussion as a "crisis meeting".
The meeting follows anger at the way in which the News Corporation's management and standards committee - set up to investigate allegations of wrongdoing - passed on information to the police.
The National Union of Journalists has said news organisations have a duty to protect their sources, and is considering a legal challenge to the company.The National Union of Journalists has said news organisations have a duty to protect their sources, and is considering a legal challenge to the company.
Media commentator Steve Hewlett told the BBC Mr Murdoch's relationship with the Sun was an emotional one, but that he was a businessman first.Media commentator Steve Hewlett told the BBC Mr Murdoch's relationship with the Sun was an emotional one, but that he was a businessman first.
He said the corporation had no option other than to be seen to "clean house", angering journalists by putting at risk traditional loyalties.He said the corporation had no option other than to be seen to "clean house", angering journalists by putting at risk traditional loyalties.
"They are creating wider concerns about handing information about journalists' contacts to police just because an internal committee thinks there may have been a payment that was illegitimate or unlawful to a public official.""They are creating wider concerns about handing information about journalists' contacts to police just because an internal committee thinks there may have been a payment that was illegitimate or unlawful to a public official."
Public interest test
He said the internal committee was not differentiating between suspect relationships and those in the public interest, such as "a £50 lunch that helped to discover troops in Afghanistan are woefully equipped".
The paper's associate editor and former political editor Trevor Kavanagh used his Sun column to question the management's actions.
Writing in the Sun's sister paper, the Times, human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson said newspapers had a legal and moral duty to protect their sources.
Mr Murdoch has previously said he would not close the Sun.
Bob Satchwell, director of the Society of Editors, told the BBC that investigations in the name of public interest could suffer because of the concern about journalists' sources and what could happen to them.
He said: "Here, in an attempt to clear up past mistakes and to try and set records straight and to be open - you get into the stage where there is a chilling effect on journalism."
He said there had been a great deal of "conjecture" and allegations but "precious little solid evidence" and, until the latter was found, mistakes would be made along the way.