LONDON - Protesters are calling for James Murdoch to resign as chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB at the company's annual meeting over his links to the phone hacking scandal at News Corp.
Campaigning group Avaaz says it plans to lobby outside the meeting in central London Tuesday.
Murdoch has been grilled by British lawmakers about phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World newspaper. An effort to oust him from the News Corp. board fell short last month with 35 per cent of the vote at the company's annual meeting.
Pensions and Investment Research Consultants -- a corporate governance lobby group -- says Murdoch is closely associated with the phone hacking scandal and damages the public reputation of BSkyB.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. controls 39 per cent of BSkyB.
