Murdoch facing showdown with Sun employees

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch will face hostile and angry employees when he arrives in Britain this week seeking to face down a growing rebellion within his newspaper business and end the talk that his flagship Sun could close following a string of arrests.

Those close to the media mogul expect the 80-year-old to show far more composure and calculation when he addresses journalists on a hostile newsroom floor, compared with his conduct last July when he suddenly shut the News of the World paper in the face of public revulsion over phone hacking.

"No one can imagine quite the pressure he was under in July," said one person familiar with the situation.