By Kevin McCauley
Embattled James Murdoch has resigned from the board of Times Newspaper Holdings to focus his attention on deputy COO duties at News Corp. and development of its international broadcasting operation.
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch created TNH’s board in 1981 to maintain independent of The Times and Sunday Times following its acquisition by the media combine.
Younger Murdoch also is stepping down from NewsCorp Investments and News International Publishers Ltd., according to the U.K.’s Telegraph, which broke the story.
The resignations break 39-year-old Murdoch’s ties with the British newspaper operation that is the focus of the phone hacking scandal and subject to a parliamentary probe
The New York-based executive remains chairman of British Sky Broadcasting Group and News Corp.
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