accused of hacking into the voice males of people they were covering. and he alluded to that in his resignation letter. in a news release, b sky b indicated mr. murdock wrote, quote: as attention continues to be paid to past events at news international, i am determined that the interest of b sky b should not be undermined by matters outside the scope of this company. news corps chairman and ceo rupert murdoch said his son would continue to make substantial contributions. joint statement from rupert murdoch and chase carrie reads in part: we are grateful for james murdock s successful leadership of b sky b. he has played a major role in pro-telling the company into market leading position it enjoys today and in the process has been instrument tall in creating substantial value for news corps shareholders. chase carey, of course, that s from the cheer operating officer chase carey. game on.