Rupert Murdoch Brightens Every Newsroom He Enters
Forget a new paint job or replacing the carpeting: If your newsroom needs some freshening up, just have Rupert Murdoch stop by for a visit.
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We never thought we'd see the day when pictures of Prince Harry being drunk or a "Sick Nazy Orgy With 5 Hookers" would be held up as a sterling journalistic success, but declining circulation numbers at the Sunday Sun are that bad.
Forget a new paint job or replacing the carpeting: If your newsroom needs some freshening up, just have Rupert Murdoch stop by for a visit.
One day after Piers Morgan's evasive testimony denying phone hacking during his editorship at The Daily Mirror, James Hipwell, an ex-columnist has offered up contrary details to the Leveson Inquiry, claiming the practice was widespread at The Mirror.
Blaming James, family appointments with a psychologist over who succeeds Rupert, Elizabeth calling for the heads of Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton--it's all in Vanity Fair's preview of its December issue.
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