Is James Murdoch the heir apparent at News Corp.?

Criticized for his handling of the British phone-hacking scandal, the youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch is expected to oversee News Corp.'s U.S.

News Corp. early today named James Murdoch deputy chief operating officer of the company and chairman and CEO of its international operations, moved him a step closer to the top spot at the media giant run by his father, Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch will continue to report to Chase Carey, News Corp.'s deputy chairman and president. As part of his new duties, James Murdoch will relocate from the company's U.K.

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James Murdoch was named deputy chief operating officer of News Corp., as well as being appointed chairman and CEO of international operations.

News Corp top executive James Murdoch on Wednesday called India's media industry a "sleeping tiger" as a report forecast the sector would double its revenues to nearly $30 billion by 2015."India's creative force is still a sleeping tiger waiting to be awakened," said Murdoch, News Corp's European and Asian operations chief, while describing global media firms as "grey and tired"."The impressive achievements of the last two decades have not even begun to fulfil the potential of this great land," added the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Dana Blankenhorn submits: James Murdoch, son of founding chairman Rupert Murdoch and heir-apparent as News Corp. (NWS) CEO, tried to put a line under the “phone hacking” scandal threatening his takeover of satellite broadcaster BskyB today by closing News of the World, the 168 year-old Sunday tabloid (and best-selling paper in Britain) at the heart of the scandal.

News Corp. on Wednesday appointed James Murdoch, one of the sons of chairman Rupert Murdoch, as deputy chief operating officer.News Corp. said the younger Murdoch will report to News Corp. deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer Chase Carey and will work closely with his father, Rupert Murdoch.

The son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has called the British Broadcasting Corp. a threat to independent journalism. James Murdoch, the 36-year-old executive in charge of News Corp.'s businesses in Europe and Asia, spoke late Friday at the Edinburgh International Television Festival -- 20 years after his father delivered a keynote speech at the same event.