4:07am UK, Sunday July 17, 2011
News International has placed an advert in a number of Sunday newspapers declaring there should be "no place to hide" from the police investigation into phone hacking.
The pressure has been growing on Mr Murdoch over the NOTW revelations
The advert, which is headed "Putting right what's gone wrong", states the company will cooperate fully with the probe and pay "compensation for those affected".
It adds the organisation is "committed to change".
In relation to the police inquiry, it says: "There are no excuses and should be no place to hide.
"We will not tolerate wrongdoing and will act on any evidence that comes to light."
The advert concludes: "Apologising for our mistakes and fixing them are only the first steps.
The advert will also appear in some of Monday's papers
"It may take some time for us to rebuild trust and confidence, but we are determined to live up to the expectations of our readers, colleagues and partners.
"We will not stop until these matters are resolved."
The advert follows the one that appeared in Saturday's newspapers apologising for mistakes made by the News of the World.
"We are sorry. The News of the World was in the business of holding others to ccount. It failed when it came to itself," the advert read.
Mr Miliband believes Mr Murdoch has too much power and influence in Britain
Labour leader Ed Miliband has meanwhile called for News International owner Rupert Murdoch's UK media empire to be broken up.
Although he has closed the News of the World (NOTW), Mr Murdoch still owns the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times, and 39% of BSkyB.
Mr Miliband told the Observer newspaper: ''I think that we've got to look at the situation whereby one person can own more than 20% of the newspaper market, the Sky platform and Sky News.
"I think it's unhealthy because that amount of power in one person's hands has clearly led to abuses of power within his organisation."
Mr Hague: 'There was nothing wrong in asking Andy Coulson to Chequers'
Earlier Foreign Secretary William Hague defended David Cameron, saying he was "not embarrassed" by the extent of the Prime Minister's dealings with News International.
It has emerged Mr Cameron met its top executives 26 times in the 15 months after he took office.
Mr Hague also defended the PM's decision to entertain Andy Coulson after the latter quit as Downing Street Director of Communications over the NOTW phone-hacking scandal
He said it was a "normal, human thing" to invite Mr Coulson to Chequers to thank him for his work, adding it showed a "positive side" to Mr Cameron's character.
Other stories about the phone hacking scandal:
:: Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's refers his row with the Sunday Times to the police.
The full NI advert in the Sunday papers
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