Phone Hacking Scandal

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   Hugh Grant to Join Board of U.K. Press Reform Group (Report)

   7:22 am 8/21/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   He will also help fund the new not-for-profit company of the Hacked Off campaign, which was formed in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.Read more

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   Former 'News of the World' Employees Charged With Phone Hacking Make First Court Appearance

   2:09 am 8/16/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   Andy Coulson, Glenn Mulcaire and others are the first people to face actual hacking charges since the scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reignited.Read more

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   News International CEO Criticizes Scotland Yard's Handling of Arrests at 'Sun'

   1:43 am 8/8/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   Tom Mockridge says police ignored pleas from the U.K. newspaper arm of News Corp. to make detentions in a probe into illegal payments to officials more dignified. Read more

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   Phone Hacking Scandal: Church of England Sells News Corp. Stake

   5:12 am 8/7/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The church says it has seen no real "commitment to implement necessary corporate governance reform" from Rupert Murdoch's conglomerate.Read more

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   David Hasselhoff, Eddie Izzard, Jimmy Carr to Perform at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival

   9:57 am 8/3/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The three-week event, the largest arts festival in the world, will also feature a one-man show from a former tabloid reporter who spoke at the Leveson Inquiry.Read more

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   Rebekah Brooks Formally Charged in Phone Hacking Scandal

   12:35 pm 8/2/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: Scotland Yard makes official the charges against the long-time ally of Rupert Murdoch who used to run News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper operations.Read more

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   London Police Win Access to Names of People Who Ordered News Corp. Phone Hacking

   11:09 am 7/30/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   Scotland Yard can find out who at the conglomerate's shuttered News of the World told private investigator Glenn Mulcaire to hack phones.Read more

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   News International CEO Discusses News Corp. Split, Possible Newspaper Sales

   1:50 am 7/30/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   Tom Mockridge, who is seen as a possible CEO of the publishing company after the planned split of the conglomerate, says he is "just a foot soldier."Read more

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   Phone Hacking: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson Face Criminal Charges

   4:26 am 7/24/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The ex-CEO of News Corp.'s News International U.K. newspaper arm and the former News of The World editor will be charged over phone hacking.Read more

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    Rupert Murdoch's News International Changes 'Culture and Practice'

    9:24 am 7/23/2012

    • by Stuart Kemp

    British police chief Sue Akers says News Corp’s Internal Management and Standards committee has supplied significant evidence leading to “very substantial” arrests.Read more

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