Phone Hacking Scandal

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   More News Corp. Investors Join Drive to Oust Rupert Murdoch as Chairman (Report)

   7:04 am 7/19/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The conglomerate's planned split provides a chance for "serious governance reform," including an independent chairman, they say.Read more

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   'Significant' E-Mail From News International Exec Emerges During Phone-Hacking Court Case (Report)

   9:17 am 7/18/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   Email described in British high court as being of "enormous significance to the scandal engulfing the News Corp. owned publishing arm.Read more

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   Top U.K. Media Regulator Says Editors Should Not be Part of Newspaper Complaints Procedures

   10:02 am 7/12/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   Ofcom chief Ed Richards tells the Leveson inquiry it would be an unworkable idea to have those regulated deciding on complaints about them.Read more

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   U.K. Press Complaints Body Looks To Avoid Fresh Laws

   9:41 am 7/9/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The new regulatory body stems in part from the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News International.Read more

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   Phone Hacking Scandal: U.K. Prosecutors to Decide on Charges This Month

   1:21 am 7/9/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   

Ex-News Corp. journalists who may face trial in 13 cases have not been identified, but long-time Rupert Murdoch ally Rebekah Brooks is among those previously arrested.Read more

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   Private Investigator Must Reveal Who Gave Phone Hacking Orders

   9:39 am 7/4/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The U.K.'s Supreme Court has ordered Glen Mulcaire to hand over details of who told him to carry out the hacking at News Corp.'s now-shuttered News of The World.Read more

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   Hugh Grant Urges EU to Consider Media Ownership Limits

   6:13 am 6/27/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The actor went to Brussels to continue his push against the power of media moguls like News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch amid the phone hacking scandal. Read more

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   Russell Crowe Denies He Will Play Rupert Murdoch

   4:06 am 6/27/2012

   • by Pip Bulbeck

   U.K. reports link the actor and Colin Firth to the film based on former "Sunday Times" editor Harold Evans’ memoir, "Good Times Bad Times."Read more

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   Rebekah Brooks to Plead in Phone Hacking Cover-up Trial in Late September

   4:10 am 6/22/2012

   • by Stuart Kemp

   The ex-CEO of News Corp.'s News International U.K. newspaper arm is likely to find out in August if she must face additional charges.Read more

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    Rebekah Brooks Scheduled to Appear at Court Hearing Friday

    8:14 am 6/21/2012

    • by Georg Szalai

    The former News International CEO and five others are charged with conspiracy in a case related to the phone hacking scandal.Read more

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