Murdoch Shows Trademark Defiance With Sun on Sunday Tabloid

Rupert Murdoch has taken seven months to recover from the “most humble day” of his life at the peak of a phone-hacking scandal in the U.K. to announce a new tabloid in a trademark defiant move by the 80-year-old.

News Corp.’s chief executive officer, whose U.K. operations have been inundated with lawsuits from hacking victims, police investigations and government inquiries into ethical and legal misdeeds, yesterday said he will start a Sunday edition of the Sun tabloid to replace the News of the World. He said an influential newspaper is the key to prevailing.