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Times of London Dragged
Into UK's Hacking Scandal

Feb 2, 2012 9:38 AM CST

Times of London Dragged Into UK's Hacking Scandal

Another Rupert Murdoch newspaper being probed, says lawmaker

(Newser) - Police are investigating alleged email interception by Rupert Murdoch's Times of London, a British lawmaker said today—dragging Britain's oldest national newspaper into the broadening scandal over press wrongdoing. Labour Party legislator Tom Watson, who helped lift the lid on tabloid phone hacking, released a letter from police...

36 Victims Settle in Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

Jan 19, 2012 8:26 AM CST

36 Victims Settle in Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

News Group Newspapers appears to acknowledge cover-up

(Newser) - The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire has reached settlements with 36 alleged victims of the News Corp phone hacking scandal. Politicians, a soccer player, and actor Jude Law are among those who settled out of court, for amounts ranging from $40,000 to $200,000 plus...

Wendi Deng's Twitter
Account Is—Gasp!—a Fake

Jan 3, 2012 10:07 AM CST

Wendi Deng's Twitter Account Is—Gasp!—a Fake

@wendi_deng is not actually Mrs. Rupert Murdoch

(Newser) - If you spent the weekend glued to Rupert Murdoch's newly launched Twitter account (sample tweet about St. Barth's: "too many people") and found glee in the public admonishments wife Wendi Deng tweeted his way (sample: "RUPERT!! delete tweet!!"), some bad news. Her account...

Now on Twitter: Rupert Murdoch

Jan 1, 2012 8:20 AM CST

Now on Twitter: Rupert Murdoch

But is the account real? Some think not

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch on Twitter? It seems unlikely, and many, including Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff , insist the account that popped up yesterday is fake. But none other than Twitter's own executive chairman, Jack Dorsey, tweeted last night: "With his own voice, in his own way, @RupertMurdoch is now on...

Piers Morgan Testifies in Phone Hacking Inquiry, Refuses to Say How He Heard Paul McCartney Voicemail

Piers Morgan
on Defensive at
Phone Hacking
Hearing

Dec 20, 2011 12:16 PM CST

Piers Morgan on Defensive at Phone Hacking Hearing

He won't say how he heard Paul McCartney voicemail

(Newser) - Piers Morgan was in the hot seat today in Britain's phone hacking inquiry, but the CNN host refused to play along. He got grilled via video from the US on one point in particular, notes AP : If he didn't engage in phone hacking, how did he manage to...

BSkyB Votes to Keep
James Murdoch

Nov 29, 2011 9:44 AM CST

BSkyB Votes to Keep James Murdoch

He's reelected by huge margin despite hacking scandal

(Newser) - Looks like the News of the World phone hacking scandal won't cost James Murdoch his spot as chairman of BSkyB. Murdoch sailed through a shareholder vote today, with 81.24% supporting him and 18.76% opposing, the AP reports. "He runs an excellent board," Deputy chairman Nicholas...

James Murdoch Quits Boards of News Corp Papers Times, Sun

James Murdoch Quits
Times, Sun Boards

Nov 23, 2011 10:14 AM CST

James Murdoch Quits Times, Sun Boards

Move prompts questions over papers' future

(Newser) - James Murdoch has unexpectedly quit as a director at both the Times and Sun newspapers amid continued phone-hacking fallout. News International CEO Tom Mockridge is taking over Murdoch’s positions, leaving no Murdochs on the British papers’ boards; that prompts London’s Evening Standard to question News Corp’s plans...

We Hid Hacking From James Murdoch: NotW Bigwig

Nov 14, 2011 11:44 AM CST

We Hid Hacking From James Murdoch: NotW Bigwig

Former chief reporter confirms boss' Parliamentary testimony

(Newser) - James Murdoch was telling the truth when he told Britain’s Parliament he didn't know the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World , says the paper’s former head reporter. His subordinates “kept him in the dark,” Neville Thurlbeck—the man seemingly addressed in...

News Corp Slipped
Brooks $2.7M Payout

GOLDEN PARACHUTES

Nov 6, 2011 8:20 AM CST

News Corp Slipped Brooks $2.7M Payout

Renewed interest in former News International exec ahead of Murdoch testimony

(Newser) - Rebekah Brooks may have quit News Corp in disgrace at the height of the phone hacking scandal, but the less-than-harsh terms of her severance package are again grabbing headlines. The "loyal lieutenant," as the Guardian calls her, landed a $2.7 million severance, along with two years of...

NotW May Have Phone
Hacked 5,795 People: Police

Nov 4, 2011 10:01 AM CDT

NotW May Have Phone Hacked 5,795 People: Police

Number much higher than initial estimates

(Newser) - News of the World’s private investigator listened in on a lot of people. Police say that professional snooper Glenn Mulcaire’s 11,000 pages of notes contain the names of 5,795 potential victims—almost twice the 2,000 to 3,000 the Guardian initially reported two years ago,...

Steve Jobs Called Fox News
a 'Destructive Force'

Steve Jobs Called Fox News a 'Destructive Force'

Jobs complained to Murdoch about channel, supported New York Times

(Newser) - Steve Jobs told Rupert Murdoch to his face last year that Fox News is "destructive" and that he was "blowing it" with the conservative news channel, reports Gawker , in the latest round of excerpts from Walter Isaacson's biography of the Apple founder . Jobs was invited to speak...

Murdoch,
Sons Survive
Shareholder
Vote

Oct 22, 2011 6:24 AM CDT

Murdoch, Sons Survive Shareholder Vote

Long-shot bid to end their control of News Corp fails

(Newser) - News Corp's shareholder meeting went pretty much as expected: Rupert Murdoch and sons took plenty of heat but survived a long-shot bid to oust them from control, reports the Los Angeles Times . The tally will be released next week, but given that the Murdoch family controls 40% of voting...

News Corp
Phone Hacking
Settlement: $4.8M

Oct 21, 2011 11:44 AM CDT

News Corp Phone Hacking Settlement: $4.8M

Money will go to Milly Dowler's family, charity

(Newser) - As the phone hacking controversy rages on , News Corp has reached a settlement with the family of a murdered girl at the center of the case, Bloomberg reports. In keeping with an offer last month , the company’s British branch is paying Milly Dowler’s family about $3.2 million,...

Murdoch to
Meet With
Fuming
Shareholders

Oct 21, 2011 8:46 AM CDT

Murdoch to Meet With Fuming Shareholders

Phone-hacking investigator to challenge News Corp boss

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is likely to get an earful today as News Corp. shareholders meet in Los Angeles. With shareholders furious over the recent phone-hacking scandal, the New York Times expects the meeting to be the company’s “most contentious in years.” Among those in attendance will be Tom...

Murdochs' Father-Son Feud Raises Succession Doubts

Oct 19, 2011 12:30 PM CDT

Murdochs' Father-Son Feud Raises Succession Doubts

Will James Murdoch take over, or will his differences with his father derail him

(Newser) - Rupert and James Murdoch have done a good job of projecting unity throughout News Corp’s phone hacking scandal , but behind the scenes there’s a growing tension between them, sources tell the New York Times . James Murdoch became a powerful figure in the company by heading its European and...

Murdoch Exec Resigns Amid WSJ Circulation Questions

Oct 13, 2011 2:02 AM CDT

Murdoch Exec Resigns Amid WSJ Circulation Questions

One company was promised positive articles for buying up papers: Guardian

(Newser) - A top executive in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has quit after questions were raised about possible manipulation of circulation figures of the Wall Street Journal's Europe edition. Andrew Langhoff resigned as publishing chief of Dow Jones & Co. after the Guardian reported that the newspaper had devised a...

News Corp Sets Up
Worker Snitch Line

Oct 7, 2011 8:14 AM CDT

News Corp Sets Up Worker Snitch Line

Journalists urged to report ethics violations

(Newser) - If you're a News Corp employee and you suspect a colleague of underhanded activity—hacking phones or bribing cops, for example—there's a phone number Rupert Murdoch would like you to call. A 24-hour "alertline" has been set up for workers in Murdoch's media empire who...

US to Launch
Legal Action on
Phone Hacking

Sep 23, 2011 9:57 AM CDT

US to Launch Legal Action on Phone Hacking

Work on case to begin within week: UK lawyer

(Newser) - Official proceedings against News Corporation are about to extend across the pond. Legal action over the company’s phone hacking scandal will take place in New York City, a British lawyer to many of the hacking victims tells the AP . He has hired Norman Siegel to fight the case against...

News International
Offers Dead Girl's
Family $4.7M

phone hacking scandal

Sep 19, 2011 2:49 PM CDT

News International Offers Dead Girl's Family $4.7M

But the phone-hacking victims may want more

(Newser) - The price for illegal phone hacking has just skyrocketed for Rupert Murdoch. Seeking to settle a high-profile hacking case against Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old girl who was murdered in 2002, News International has offered her family roughly $4.7 million—a third of which would go to charity. But sources...

Fox Censors
Phone-Hacking
Bit at Emmys

Emmy Night

Sep 19, 2011 1:24 AM CDT

Fox Censors Phone-Hacking Bit at Emmys

Alec Baldwin pulls videotaped skit after joke is axed

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin squashed his videotaped appearance on last night's Emmy Awards after Fox axed his joke about the phone hacking scandal at newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., Fox's parent company. Baldwin demanded his entire videotaped bit, which was to air at the beginning of the...