Phone Hacking Scandal

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   Phone Hacking: Former 'News of the World' Lawyer Denies Any Wrongdoing

   1:08 am 8/31/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   Former head of legal Tom Crone was arrested Thursday in relation with the hacking case at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.Read more

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   Phone Hacking Probe: Former 'News of the World' Top Lawyer Arrested (Report)

   5:15 am 8/30/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   Former head of legal Tom Crone has been a key figure in the hacking case that has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.Read more

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   Leveson Report to Contain Strong Criticism of British Newspapers (Report)

   4:31 am 8/29/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The report on media standards following a probe amid the News Corp. phone hacking scandal is expected to comment on privacy issues and argue that press self-regulation has failed.Read more

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   Leveson Inquiry Warns Witnesses Who Will Be Censured (Report)

   5:53 am 8/28/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   

With the probe into media ethics expected to publish its final report in late October, it remains unclear though which media and political players will be criticized.

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   Rupert Murdoch Tweets His Support for Prince Harry

   1:53 am 8/26/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The media mogul urges everyone to give the royal "a break" after his News International publishing division's The Sun tabloid prints the pictures of the naked prince.Read more

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   Edinburgh TV Fest: Liz Murdoch Says She Harbors 'No Ambition' for Top News Corp. Job

   12:35 am 8/24/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: Asked about succession, the Shine chairman and daughter of Rupert Murdoch, said brother James "is an incredibly able executive" and "the one of us who has chosen to be within the company."Read more

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   Naked Prince Harry Photos: Royal Family Invokes His Right to Privacy

   4:40 am 8/23/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The images have not appeared in any mainstream U.K. media outlets despite being widely available on the internet.Read more

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   Edinburgh TV Fest: Liz Murdoch


 Talks Hacking Fallout, Shine Sale to News Corp.

   3:32 am 8/23/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: Outlining her values, the chairman of production firm Shine criticizes a blind focus on profits and, unlike her father, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, and brother James, defends the BBC. Read more

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   Labour Party Seeks to Limit News Corp.'s Power in U.K. (Report)

   2:55 am 8/23/2012

   • by THR Staff

   Deputy party leader Harriet Harman pushes for tighter media ownership rules, which would target what she called "the invincibility" of Rupert Murdoch's conglomerate.Read more

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    Prosecutors to Disclose Hundreds of New Names of News Corp. Phone Hacking Victims (Report)

    3:21 am 8/22/2012

    • by Georg Szalai

    Attention is likely to focus on which celebrities will join a list of already known hacking targets, including Jude Law, Paul McCartney, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.Read more

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