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| Scottish independence: Rupert Murdoch tweets 'Let Scotland go' | Scottish independence: Rupert Murdoch tweets 'Let Scotland go' |
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| Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch appears to have signalled his support for Scottish independence via the social media network Twitter. | Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch appears to have signalled his support for Scottish independence via the social media network Twitter. |
| The owner of News Corporation tweeted the message: "Let Scotland go and compete. Everyone would win." | The owner of News Corporation tweeted the message: "Let Scotland go and compete. Everyone would win." |
| It follows a message on Sunday which described Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond as clearly the "most brilliant politician in the UK". | |
| News Corporation owns UK newspapers including The Sun and The Times. | News Corporation owns UK newspapers including The Sun and The Times. |
| The Scottish Sun, which is Scotland's best-selling daily newspaper, backed Mr Salmond's SNP at last year's Scottish Parliament elections but it did not support independence. | The Scottish Sun, which is Scotland's best-selling daily newspaper, backed Mr Salmond's SNP at last year's Scottish Parliament elections but it did not support independence. |
| Mr Salmond has named autumn 2014 as the time he wishes to hold a referendum on independence. | Mr Salmond has named autumn 2014 as the time he wishes to hold a referendum on independence. |
| Last year News Corporation closed its successful Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, over impropriety. | |
| Revelations that staff employed by the newspaper hacked the phones of public and private figures - including murdered teenager Milly Dowler - prompted the closure of the 168-year-old publication. | |
| However, Mr Murdoch has now announced he will launch the Sun on Sunday tabloid this week. |