Phone Hacking Scandal

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   News Corp. Publishing Company Will Start With $2.6 Billion in Cash

   7:39 am 3/8/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: It will have "full financial flexibility to pursue its strategic agenda," while the post-split entertainment firm will indemnify it for future costs related to the phone-hacking scandal.Read more

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   News Corp.'s 'The Times' Honored as U.K. Newspaper of the Year

   5:39 am 3/8/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The "Sunday Times" and "The Sun" also win awards, but the latter continues to deal with fallout from probes launched amid the phone-hacking scandal.Read more

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   Duo Admits Selling Information to Rupert Murdoch's 'The Sun'

   3:48 am 3/8/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The former police and prison officers are the first to plead guilty in an illegal payments probe as one says he sold info on Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.Read more

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   James Murdoch Touts News Corp.'s Cable Channels, Talks Sports Deals

   8:46 am 2/25/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The son of Rupert Murdoch says the conglomerate isn't missing key assets ahead of its split and discusses Comcast's decision to buy full control of NBCUniversal.Read more

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5. Phone Hacking: 6 New U.K. Arrests

   6:24 am 2/13/2013

   • by THR Staff

   In a new line of inquiry, police officers in London detain former "News of the World" journalists who now work for News Corp.'s "The Sun."Read more

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   Phone Hacking: Sarah Ferguson, Hugh Grant Among 143 to Win Damages

   3:35 am 2/8/2013

   • by THR Staff

   Seventeen people receive high court apology from News International.Read more

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   News International to End Phone-Hacking Victim Compensation Scheme

   6:29 am 2/4/2013

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. will shut down the program, which was launched in 2011 and has paid millions to victims.Read more

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   U.K. Police Officer Sentenced to 15 Months in Jail in Tabloid Bribery Case

   3:38 am 2/1/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The detective was found guilty of trying to sell information about the phone hacking probe to the now-shuttered "News of the World" tabloid of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.Read more

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   Harold Evans Slams U.K. Newspapers' 'Cynicism and Arrogance' After Leveson Investigation

   7:03 am 1/29/2013

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The ex-Sunday Times editor gives his verdict on the report's proposals in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed The News of the World and The Sun.Read more

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    Prince Harry Criticizes Media, Makes Phone Hacking Reference

    10:37 am 1/22/2013

    • by Georg Szalai

    In a series of interviews that British outlets could only air or write about with delay, the royal also discussed his Las Vegas nude photos and Kate Middleton's pregnancy.Read more

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