Another News Corp Executive Bites the Dust
Like we've come to expect, the latest resignation at News Corp is dramatic, political and slightly shrouded in mystery. It is not, however, at all related to phone hacking.
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Just when you thought News International chief Rupert "Teflon Don" Murdoch might be powerful enough to beat the case, a suspect turned snitch is lighting a new fire under Murdoch's 2011 nightmares.
Like we've come to expect, the latest resignation at News Corp is dramatic, political and slightly shrouded in mystery. It is not, however, at all related to phone hacking.
Prosecutors in Britain announced today that eight people, including former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, will face criminal charges for their role in the News International phone hacking case.
News International sent out an email on Saturday informing staffers that Rupert Murdoch has resigned as director of News International a string of other companies connected with the company's London-based newspaper holdings.
It sounds a little like Piers Morgan wanted to one-up fellow journalists when his dinner conversation 10 years ago turned into an explanation of how to hack someone's voicemail.
What does Ina Drew, former J.P. Morgan executive at the center of the bank's recent loss, have in common with Rebekah Brooks?
Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who also served as British Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director, is giving testimony in the Leveson Inquiry, where he's very good at avoiding substantive answers.
The evidence submitted to the Leveson Inquiry about James Murdoch went online Tuesday, and if you're so inclined, you can browse through the PDFs at your leisure. [Leveson Inquiry]
In portraying himself as an innocent party to whatever wrongdoing might have been going on at the newspapers he oversaw at News International, James Murdoch pleaded ignorance of both phone hacking and political influencing during his Leveson testimony.
James Murdoch is stepping down as chairman at British Sky Broadcasting, the latest in a string of titles he's shed since the News of the World hacking scandal started plaguing News Corporation last summer.
The latest high-profile (or, maybe mid-profile) lawsuit to hit News International over the News of the World hacking scandal comes from the father of soccer superstar David Beckham, who filed a complaint in London on Thursday, but it's unclear whether his soccer superstar son was involved.
It's a week for deja vu in the investigation into phone hacking at News International as Rebekah Brooks was arrested for the second time on Tuesday, and former News Corp head James Murdoch proclaimed his innocence to Parliament.
Journalists at News International are "on the edge" and two have reportedly tried to commit suicide as the inquiry into phone hacking and bribery at Rupert Murdoch's U.K. papers moves forward amid internal rancor that even a visit from uncle Rupert probably can't quell.
Rupert Murdoch may not be finished testifying before British authorities in the investigation into unethical behavior at his publications, Reuters reports.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for James Murdoch and his (literal) parent company News Corp., police are now saying that they felt like News International employees obstructed their investigation.
Rupert Murdoch's youngest son is stepping down from the company's British newspaper division as revelations about phone hacking and bribery continue to emerge. Here's a look back at Murdoch's years-long tumble.
James Murdoch has stepped down from his post as executive chairman of News International after a rough bout of testimony before a U.K. parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking and bribery.
As the British investigation into corruption at Rupert Murdoch's News International reveals a "culture of illegal payments" at the Sun, news that Scotland Yard loaned one-time Sun editor Rebekah Brooks a police horse has the rest of the U.K. press crowing about an inappropriate connection with the cops.
After months of testimony and legal wrangling, Rupert Murdoch's News International decided on Thursday to go ahead and settle 36 high-profile phone-hacking cases at once, getting the attendant publicity out of the way in one swoop.
The relatives of 9/11 victims who believe an investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News International accessed their phones in the days following the 2001 terrorist attacks are getting really frustrated that the F.B.I. won't tell them whether their numbers are on a list Scotland Yard seized from that investigator.
Piers Morgan has just finished testifying in the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking, but the CNN host and former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor may have already tipped his hand in past interviews, The Guardian points out.
The latest arrest of a News Corp. journalist--this one believed to be The Sun's Jamie Pyatt--happened at 10:30 a.m. this morning, The Guardian reports.
Rupert Murdoch's lawyers have shown they're ready to settle out of court, and not for peanuts
A 4-year-old letter claims News of the World editors knew of phone hacking
After outrage that she was still on payroll, news emerged that Brooks held dozens of directorships
News Corp. is hunkering down for a long battle, lawyer, PR firm, and all
The News Corp. CEO called the Wall Street Journal, which he owns
Rupert Murdoch and his son James disagree on how to save News Corp.
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