Media reports say British police have arrested Rebekah Brooks, a former key executive of Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire. British police confirmed Sunday that they have arrested a 43-year-old woman in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the now defunct tabloid, News of the World. However, police did not release a name. Brooks is […]
British Police Arrest Former Murdoch Aide
Posted July 17th, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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Records Show Britain’s Cameron Kept Close Ties to Murdoch Officials
Posted July 16th, 2011 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
In Britain, newly released records show that Prime Minister David Cameron has kept a close relationship with key executives from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire at the center of a phone-hacking scandal. Mr. Cameron has disclosed that he met 26 times with officials of Murdoch’s News Corporation since becoming the country’s leader 14 months ago, more […]
Records Show Britain’s Cameron Kept Close Ties to Murdoch Officials
Posted July 16th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
In Britain, newly released records show that Prime Minister David Cameron has kept a close relationship with key executives from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire at the center of a phone-hacking scandal. Mr. Cameron has disclosed that he met 26 times with officials of Murdoch’s New Corporation since he became the country’s leader 14 months ago, […]
Rupert Murdoch Apologizes to Phone Hacking Victims
Posted July 16th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has published an apology in the British press to the victims of the News of the World phone-hacking and police bribery scandal. A letter signed by Murdoch and published Saturday says he and his international media conglomerate News Corporation are sorry “for the serious wrongdoing that occurred” and the “hurt suffered” […]
Another News Corps Exec Resigns in Phone-Hacking Scandal
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Les Hinton has resigned from his post at the head of the U.S. media group Dow Jones in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking and police bribery scandal. Dow Jones Friday confirmed Hinton’s resignation was effective immediately. Dow Jones is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s international media conglomerate, News Corporation. But Hinton’s resignation […]
Murdoch Apologizes to British Phone-hacking Victims
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is apologizing to the phone-hacking victims of the tabloid News of the World he shut down last weekend. Murdoch’s British newspaper operation said Friday that over the next several days it will run advertisements in major British newspapers signed by him. In them, he will apologize for the “serious wrongdoing” and […]
Son of Pink Floyd Guitarist Sentenced to Jail in Attack on British Royal Convoy
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for his role in a London student rampage last year that included an attack on a car carrying Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla. A judge at Kingston Crown Court said Friday that 21-year-old Charlie Gilmour, a student […]
British Executive of Murdoch Media Empire Resigns
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
A key British executive of Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire has resigned amid the firestorm over the phone-hacking and police bribery scandal that has triggered investigations on both sides of the Atlantic. Rebekah Brooks stepped down Friday as chief executive of News International, the British subsidiary of Murdoch’s News Corporation. Brooks was a former editor […]
US Starts Investigation on Whether 9/11 Victims’ Phones Were Hacked
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has opened an investigation into whether the phones of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks and their families were hacked into by media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Law enforcement sources said Thursday the FBI will look into whether employees at Murdoch’s media firm illegally tried to […]
US Starts Investigation on Whether 9/11 Victims’ Phones Were Hacked
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has opened an investigation into whether the phones of victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks and their families were hacked into by media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Law enforcement sources said Thursday the FBI will look into whether employees at Murdoch’s media firm illegally tried to […]
