A former British policeman was jailed for 10 months on Thursday for selling a story to Rupert Murdoch's top-selling tabloid The Sun and trying to sell other information about headline-grabbing cases. James Bowes, 30, was sentenced at London's Old Bailey court after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office last month.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Former Dow Jones The Journal report cited unnamed people close to the family. Cox was part of the Bancroft family that controlled Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal until they were sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 2007. The sale was contentious because the Journal had long been independent and members of the Bancroft family were divided about whether to sell or not. But eventually, News Corp. paid about $5 billion to acquire Dow Jones, which publishes the Journal.

British pay-TV firm BSkyB said Thursday that net profits rose seven percent in the first nine months of the group's financial year on the back of rising subscriber revenues, and despite the difficult economic climate. Earnings after taxation increased to £736 million ($1.15 billion, 868 million euros) in the nine months to the end of March, compared with £689 million in the same part of its previous fiscal year. Group revenues advanced six percent to £5.381 billion.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - News Corp. says June 11 will be the date of a special shareholders meeting to approve a plan to split into two companies. The split is expected to be completed by this summer. The company that will retain the News Corp. name will own book publishers and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal. Another company called 21st Century Fox will focus on entertainment, anchored by a movie studio and the Fox television network. Both companies will trade publicly, under different stock tickers. Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of both companies and CEO of Fox.