Phone Hacking Scandal

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   Phone Hacking Scandal: Andy Coulson Attempts to Dodge Parliament Questioning

   5:52 am 9/8/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   Lawyers for the former News of the World editor imply he could incriminate himself by contradicting his 2009 testimony on the subject.Read more

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   Phone-Hacking Inquiry: Evidence 'as Clear as Mud'

   8:15 am 9/6/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   Former legal execs fail to convince MPs that James Murdoch knew about phone-hacking.Read more

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   Tony Blair Is Godfather to Rupert Murdoch's Daughter, Wendi Deng Murdoch Reveals

   3:39 am 9/5/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   The former British PM had not disclosed the controversial relationship.Read more

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   James Murdoch Declines $6 Million Bonus

   11:52 am 9/2/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   UPDATED: The News Corp. deputy COO will retain his $11.9 million salary and will consult over whether bonus payment is appropriate "at a later date."Read more

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   News International Executives to Contradict James Murdoch's Evidence Tuesday

   10:35 am 9/2/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   Parliament's Culture Committee will hear from former News of The World editor Colin Myler and legal manager Tom Crone Sept. 6 as a fifteenth person is arrested.Read more

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6. News Corp. Nominates Venture Capitalist to Board, Says Two Directors Will Leave

   6:32 am 9/2/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   As governance issues have come into focus amid the phone hacking scandal, James Breyer will stand for election to the board, while Thomas Perkins, another venture capital veteran, will leave the board as will Kenneth Cowley who has a long work history at the conglomerate.Read more

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   Jonathan Ross Says Phone Was Hacked, But Not By News of the World

   11:23 am 8/31/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   The chat show host says he and his wife’s phone numbers, along with his agents and friends, were found by police officers investigating the hacking scandal.Read more

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   Steve Coogan Attorneys Won't Release Names of Editors Implicated in Phone Hacking Scandal (Report)

   2:31 pm 8/30/2011

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The confidential list from detective Glenn Mulcaire reveals the NOTW staffers who ordered him to intercept voicemails.Read more

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   Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch To Face Questioning Under Oath In Phone-Hacking Judicial Inquiry

   8:44 am 8/30/2011

   • by Mimi Turner

   Lord Justice Leveson's session will look at all aspects of media influence when it begins examining evidence in October.Read more

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    New York State Cancels $27 Million Contract With Unit of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

    6:23 am 8/29/2011

    • by Georg Szalai

    The entertainment conglomerate had acquired education technology firm Wireless Generation late last year to build an education business. Read more

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