Rupert Murdoch
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The Sun, Britain phone hacking guilty pleas
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A former police officer and a prison officer have admitted selling information to Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper.
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The Daily to close after 21 months
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The Daily, one of the more ambitious subscription-model digital publications in recent memory, will publish its last edition on Dec. 15, The Guardian reports.
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Rebekah Brooks, Andrew Coulson charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct
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Britain's Crown Prosecution Services said Tuesday that former tabloid editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks were among five people being charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office.
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Rebekah Brooks to be prosecuted
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"We deplore this weak and unjust decision," said Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and her husband in a statement.
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James Murdoch steps down from British Sky Broadcasting
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Once his father's heir apparent, James Murdoch stepped down Tuesday as chairman of British Sky Broadcasting, surrendering one of the biggest jobs in the Murdoch media empire.
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Rebekah Brooks arrested in connection with British phone hacking scandal
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Several months after she stepped down from her post as one of the top executives in Rupert Murdoch's media empire, Rebekah Brooks was arrested early Tuesday as part of massive phone hacking scandal.
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Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter
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Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications - he's started tweeting.
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J.K. Rowling, Sienna Miller testify about British media abuse
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Actress Sienna Miller and "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling tell a U.K. media ethics inquiry Thursday of the abuse they suffered from tabloids, including Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.
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Murdoch's News Intl. offers compensation for hacking victims
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As many as 5,795 victims of phone hacking at the now-shuttered tabloid News of the World -- including celebrities, sports stars, politicians, and even crime victims -- are now invited to apply for compensation.
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Eric Holder: Reports of phone hacking of 9/11 families 'very disturbing'
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Attorney General Eric Holder assured family members of 9/11 victims that the department will pursue a preliminary criminal investigation of the matter.
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New evidence in Murdoch's phone hacking scandal
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New documents contradict claims by News Corps. in the ever-evolving phone hacking scandal
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Phone hacking scandal: 9/11 families to meet with Attorney General Eric Holder
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A former New York police officer-turned-private investigator said he'd been contacted by journalists from Murdoch's News of the World who offered to pay him to retrieve private phone records of Sept. 11 victims in the United States.
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British phone hacking scandal: Rupert Murdoch testifies before lawmakers
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A protester splattered Rupert Murdoch with white foam on Tuesday, interrupting a dramatic hearing in which the media baron told British lawmakers he was not responsible for a phone hacking scandal.
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9/11 families ask FBI for info on phone hacking probe
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The FBI is investigating allegations that News Corp. journalists tried to hack into the phones of families of 9/11 victims. Now those families want to hear what the bureau has found.
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U.K. hacking scandal deepens
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Claims of illegal eavesdropping, bribery and collusion hit at the heart of Britain's police on Monday with the rapid-fire resignations of two of its top officers.
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Rebekah Brooks arrested in phone hacking scandal, London police chief quits
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Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper chief, was arrested Sunday, and the escalating scandal also claimed the job of London's police chief and brought David Cameron's government into question.
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Paul Stephenson, London police chief, quits amidst hacking scandal
CommentThe News of the World hacking scandal reached new lengths Sunday afternoon after London's chief of police, Paul Stephenson, resigned his post.
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Rebekah Brooks resigns, succumbs to pressure from phone hacking scandal
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Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal.
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