 New episodes of the podcast were generally recorded and published on Fridays with related material appearing on its official website.At its launch, "The Bugle" was distributed by TimesOnline, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International.During the News International phone hacking scandal of 2011, "The Bugle" satirised its parent company in a manner which the "New York Times" characterized as "blistering" in an article published 15 August.