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NotW Tied to Police Pay Offers for 9/11 Info

'News of World' scandal just got uglier

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's shamed and now shuttered News of the World tried to pay a New York City police officer for phone records on British victims of 9/11, Reuters reports. The police officer, who now works as a private investigator, turned down the offer because it would "look bad,...

Last NotW Crossword Takes Parting Shot at Former Editor

Rebekah Brooks a 'disaster'? Staff seems to think so

(Newser) - The final edition of News of the World contains a secret message to News International CEO and former NotW editor Rebekah Brooks—and it’s not a nice message. Staff members found a way around orders from News International to “ensure there were no libels or any hidden mocking...

As Scandal Rages, Murdoch Charges In

Hacking debacle could topple long-dominant British tabloids

(Newser) - With a $19 billion deal on the rocks, Rupert Murdoch is on the ground in London to face the phone hacking scandal head on. Reading the final issue of his News of the World tabloid, Murdoch arrived this morning at his UK newspaper headquarters even as opposition leader Ed Miliband...

News of the World Closes: News Corp's Tabloid Hits the Presses a Last Time
 NotW Goes 
 to Presses 
 for Last Time 
Phone Hacking Scandal
Jul 10, 2011 5:54 AM CDT

NotW Goes to Presses for Last Time

'Thank You & Goodbye' says final headline

(Newser) - "Thank You & Goodbye," reads the final headline of the News of the World , closing in the wake of a disastrous phone-hacking scandal . For the newspaper's final edition, 5 million copies were printed, twice its usual run, with money from sales slated for charity. "For Rupert...

Murdoch Son Gambles His Future in Phone Hacking Scandal

And News Corp hasn't reacted very aggressively

(Newser) - Like father, like son: If the phone-hacking scandal that shuttered the News of the World could take down Rupert Murdoch, it could just as easily spell the downfall of son James Murdoch, reports the New York Times in a look at the son who's angling to take over the...

Could Phone Hack Mess Send Murdoch to Jail?

It's a stretch, but one analyst makes the case

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch, who yesterday shut down the 168-year-old News of the World , faces the worst PR crisis of his six-decade career, reports the Washington Post . So far, the scandal is threatening to derail Murdoch's $12 billion bid for British Sky Broadcasting. It could even force Murdoch to testify before...

Hugh Grant to Former 'News of the World' Editor Paul McMullen: 'Try Real Journalism' (Phone Hacking Scandal)

 Hugh Grant 
 Schools Former 
 NotW Editor 
phone hacking scandal
Jul 8, 2011 10:59 AM CDT

Hugh Grant Schools Former NotW Editor

Actor to Paul McMullen: 'Try real journalism'

(Newser) - Hugh Grant was one of the victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, and in a confrontation Mediaite calls "amazing," he slammed a former NotW editor yesterday on the BBC. Some background: Grant had a chance run-in with Paul McMullen last year, and McMullen told...

Cameron Calls for News of World Probes

But public suspects the closure is just a shell game

(Newser) - Facing a mounting public outcry over the News of the World scandal, David Cameron today announced a pair of investigations that will look into both the News of the World's activities (including allegations of police bribery) and the future of media regulation, the AP reports. Cameron said that politicians...

Former News of the World Editor Andy Coulson Faces Arrest in Phone Hacking Scandal
Ex-Editor Arrested in UK Phone Hacking Scandal
UPDATED
Jul 8, 2011 5:29 AM CDT

Ex-Editor Arrested in UK Phone Hacking Scandal

Andy Coulson also worked for David Cameron

(Newser) - And the hits just keep on coming for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp: Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested, one day after Murdoch announced he was shutting down the tabloid over the UK phone hacking scandal. Police suspect Coulson knew about the hacking that took...

A Different Theory on Why Murdoch Shut Down Tabloid

It could help News Corp destroy evidence: Analyst

(Newser) - The Rupert Murdoch clan says it is closing News of the World because the phone hacking scandal "breached the trust" with the public. Maybe, but an expert on British media law smells a rat. Mark Stephens tells Reuters that the move could give News Corp the legal cover to...

Murdoch Shuts Down News of the World

Sunday will be the last edition of the paper

(Newser) - Mired in an ever-deepening phone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch's 168-year-old News of the World will fold after Sunday's edition, reports the Wall Street Journal. "If recent allegations are true, it was inhuman, and has no place in our company," James Murdoch said in a statement announcing...

Rupert Murdoch Has Only Himself to Blame
Rupert Murdoch Has Only Himself to Blame
OPINION
Jul 6, 2011 1:58 PM CDT

Rupert Murdoch Has Only Himself to Blame

Phone hacking is byproduct of his own corporate culture: Alex Pareene

(Newser) - The phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. gets worse by the day, and while the big man himself has called the allegations "deplorable," he is sticking by news exec Rebekah Brooks even as the UK government promises an inquiry. This is no fleeting scandal, writes...

Justin Timberlake, Ad Group Buy MySpace for $35M

News Corp takes massive loss on social networking also-ran

(Newser) - The hottest website of 2006 now belongs in part to one of that year's hottest stars. Justin Timberlake has teamed up with digital advertising agency Specific Media to take MySpace off the hands of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, reports the Telegraph . Insiders say the fallen giant of social...

News Corp. to Sell MySpace Within Days
MySpace Likely
to Be Sold This Week
Jun 28, 2011 3:42 PM CDT

MySpace Likely to Be Sold This Week

It could go for a relative pittance, thanks to Facebook

(Newser) - News Corp. is hoping to part with struggling social network site MySpace this week, and will likely lay off more than half of the remaining staff of 500, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company is looking to cut a deal tomorrow or Thursday in order to...

Even MySpace Founders No Longer Using Site

Site's decline blamed in part on Rupert Murdoch's loss of interest

(Newser) - MySpace has fallen so far that its own founders no longer bother updating their profiles, BusinessWeek finds in a detailed look at the rapid decline of the former juggernaut of social networking. Former CEO Chris DeWolfe, who founded the company with Tom Anderson in 2003, says he cringes on the...

Kate Middleton's Bank Account Hacked in 2005

Crime may be related to News of the World phone hacking scandal

(Newser) - The News of the World hacking scandal just got even more royal : Kate Middleton was a victim. But it was her bank account, not her phone, that was hacked, so the incident falls outside Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard’s phone hacking investigation. Middleton’s account was allegedly accessed in 2005...

Fox Chief Roger Ailes Feared Bombing by Gays, Muslims
 Ailes 'Feared Bombing' by Gays 
May 26, 2011 4:43 AM CDT

Ailes 'Feared Bombing' by Gays

Rolling Stone profile paints Fox News boss as paranoid propagandist

(Newser) - Roger Ailes has made huge profits by selling fear, but he has a few fears of his own, Rolling Stone finds in a detailed—and deeply unflattering—profile of the Fox News chairman. Ailes, whose resumé includes repackaging Richard Nixon for TV in 1968 and helping derail health care reform...

Third Journalist Arrested in Phone Tap Scandal

News of the World senior reporter James Weatherup nabbed

(Newser) - British police have arrested News of the World senior reporter James Weatherup on the suspicion that he illegally hacked into voicemails in search of scoops. That makes him the third reporter from the tabloid recently arrested in the phone hacking scandal , the AP reports. Until recently, the News of the ...

Two Journalists Arrested in Phone Hacking Scandal

Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck deny wrongdoing

(Newser) - Two journalists implicated in the News of the World phone hacking scandal have been arrested today. The former news editor, who was fired in January, and current chief reporter voluntarily turned themselves in at London police stations and were taken into custody on suspicion of illegally intercepting voicemail messages, the...

Media Matters Declares 'War' on Fox News

Liberal group plans 'sabotage' campaign to discredit network

(Newser) - Nobody can accuse the liberal Media Matters group of having a hidden agenda. The mission is out in the open and called "war on Fox." That's how founder David Brock describes the group's new vision to Ben Smith of Politico . As part of this war, it plans a...

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