The media provide an essential vehicle for freedom of expression globally…Yet until the News International [part of News Corp.] phone-hacking scandal resurfaced this year…we had lost sight of the fact that media organisations are major multinational businesses…capable of committing human rights abuses…[T]here has been some coverage of the potential for charges to be brought against News Corporation under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…Much less however has been written about the relevance to News Corporation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, or the newly updated and closely aligned, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises…[I]s it not time for media companies to start demonstrating their corporate responsibility to respect human rights by carrying out human rights due diligence? We think it is