Murdoch’s Sun ‘assurance’

Rupert Murdoch will fly to London this week to meet journalists at The Sun after five senior staff at his flagship British tabloid were arrested over bribery allegations, sources said yesterday.

Publisher News International said Murdoch had given a “personal assurance” that The Sun would not face the same fate as the News of the World, which he closed in July amid a scandal over phone hacking.

The US-based media tycoon will go to London “later in the week“, a person familiar with the matter said, adding that Murdoch’s visit had been planned before the arrests.