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PM's Aide Stayed on Murdoch's Payroll

Ex- NOTW editor received Murdoch checks while working for Tories

(Newser) - The British phone-hacking scandal just became even more damaging to British Prime Minister David Cameron. Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson remained on the News International payroll for six months after being hired as Cameron's communication director, receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Rupert Murdoch... More »

As Scandal Widens, NotW's Hollywood Writer Arrested

Arrest renews concerns that NotW reporters hacked phones in America

(Newser) - A former News of the World journalist who covered the United States from Los Angeles for several years was arrested today in London for his role in the ongoing phone-hacking scandal , reports the Guardian . The arrest of James Desborough further raises questions about whether NotW hacked phones in the United... More »

NotW Reporter's Letter Blows Lid Off of Top-Level Cover Up

Goodman: hacking was 'widely discussed'

(Newser) - A 4-year-old letter by News of the World's disgraced royal reporter—who went to jail and was fired for his admitted role in the phone hacking scandal—contends that senior figures at the newspaper and at News International knew phone hacking was widespread and sanctioned, reports the Guardian . The... More »

Murdoch: I'm Sticking as News Corp Chief

Mogul announces strong results for media empire

(Newser) - The phone-hacking scandal that killed the News of the World hasn't made much of an impact on News Corp's bottom line—or on Rupert Murdoch's place at the top. "The board and I believe I should continue in my current role as chairman and CEO,"... More »

Source: Murdoch Still Paying Ex-CEO

Rebekah Brooks told to 'travel the world,' then come back for new job

(Newser) - Rebekah Brooks resigned as chief executive of News International amid the phone hacking scandal, but apparently that doesn't really mean anything. A source tells the Telegraph Brooks is still on the company payroll, although Brooks herself won't comment. “My understanding is that Rupert [Murdoch] has told her... More »

Guardian Journo: I Hacked Phones, Too

Sought out 'bribery and corruption,' not 'tittle tattle'

(Newser) - In a sort of odd pot-meets-kettle situation, a Guardian investigations editor who was on the team that helped blow the lid on the News of the World scandal himself admitted to hacking ... in 2006. Following NotW royal editor Clive Goodman’s guilty plea, David Leigh wrote that he had hacked... More »

Another Former NOTW Editor Arrested

Stuart Kuttner was the face of the tabloid for decades

(Newser) - British police have arrested yet another former News of the World employee in connection with its phone hacking investigation. This time it’s ex-managing editor Stuart Kuttner, who for 22 years served as the public face and perennial defender of the tabloid, the Guardian reports. The 71-year-old went in for... More »

Murdoch Largesse: NOTW Crew Offered Work in Siberia

Former staff of shuttered tabloid say they're getting shafted

(Newser) - News of the World staffers were promised they'd be taken care of, but it's turned out to be very cold comfort. The entire crew found themselves out on the street when owner Rupert Murdoch's (now busted) editor Rebekah Brooks announced a shutdown of the tabloid amid the... More »

Cops: NotW May Have Spied On Grieving Mom

Murdoch-owned tabloid had crusaded on Sara Payne's behalf

(Newser) - News of the World has been linked to another shocking case of phone hacking—and this might be an even bigger betrayal. Police have informed Sara Payne that she was on a list of people seized from a private investigator employed by NotW, Reuters reports. The twist: The paper’s... More »

Eric Holder to Talk Phone Hacking With 9/11 Families

US investigation gets serious

(Newser) - The FBI's investigation into allegations that News of the World reporters hacked the phones of 9/11 victims must be heating up, because Attorney General Eric Holder himself will meet with families of the dead next month to discuss the probe's progress, the Guardian reports. A lawyer for 20... More »

Did Piers Morgan Admit to Phone Hacking?

Tape from 2009 interview raises questions

(Newser) - Did Piers Morgan sanction a bit of phone hacking while in charge of the Daily Mirror? The CNN host has been denying it all week, after a British lawmaker accused him of it. But now, audio has surfaced online of a 2009 radio interview in which Morgan seems to admit... More »

Kate Middleton's Phone Likely Hacked, Too

Duchess of Cambridge could have been hacked as early as 2005

(Newser) - Add Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, to the list of likely phone hacking victims. Previously, just Prince William, Prince Harry, and three aides were thought to be targeted by tabloid phone hackers, but now investigators think that most of the royal family was probably targeted, reports the Telegraph . In fact,... More »

US Readies News Corp Subpoenas

Investigates police bribery, 9/11 victims' phone hacking

(Newser) - As the News Corp scandal spreads to the US , the Justice Department is readying subpoenas tied to accusations of foreign bribery and allegations of hacking into 9/11 victims’ voicemail, an insider tells the Wall Street Journal —itself owned by Rupert Murdoch’s company. The subpoenas haven’t yet been... More »

O'Reilly Rips 'Ideological' Hacking Coverage

Accuses liberal 'New York Times' of exploiting story to hurt Murdoch

(Newser) - Fox News' dead silence on the phone hacking scandal threatening Rupert Murdoch's media empire has finally been broken. And no surprise, Bill O'Reilly is insisting there is absolutely "no intrusion" of the burgeoning scandal on Murdoch's US operations, and that heavy-handed coverage of the scandal is... More »

Jude Law Charges Phone Was Hacked in US

Rupert Murdoch's empire could face federal charges

(Newser) - Jude Law says reporters working for News of the World hacked into his phone while he was visiting the US, an accusation which could see Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. facing US charges. The actor has filed a lawsuit accusing the tabloid of hacking into his phone and that of... More »

Former Exec: Fox News Hacked Phones, Too

'Black ops office' existed to do 'counter intelligence' work: Dan Cooper

(Newser) - A former Fox News exec who helped launch the channel in 1996 claims the Rupert Murdoch-owned network has a "counter intelligence and black ops office" that may have engaged in a little phone hacking of its own. The New York "brain room," which most thought was just... More »

James Murdoch Misled Parliament on Hacking Payoffs

Hacking victims received much bigger payouts than testified

(Newser) - James Murdoch misled Parliament in Tuesday's hearing, saying the hush-money payout to one prominent phone-hacking victim was about $402,000, when in fact it was 70% more, a hefty $684,000, reports the Guardian . Despite protesting that phone-hacking settlements were not "astronomic sums," with legal costs and... More »

Tabloids Are Important Part of Our Culture

They let us look behind the curtain: Ryan Linkof

(Newser) - Let's not get carried away with anti-tabloid fever just because News of the World broke laws to gain scoops, writes Ryan Linkof in the New York Times . Most tabloids get their stories legally—even if they do "test the limits of the ethically or legally acceptable"—and... More »

Jon Stewart: Wendi Smacks Down, Rupert Nods Off

In fact, 'doddering' Murdoch may have won sympathy, say other observers

(Newser) - Wendi Deng came off as having "Chuck Norris-esque hand speed" yesterday while defending her hubby from a pie-thrower, but Rupert Murdoch ... not so much, chortles Jon Stewart . In fact, the 80-year-old publisher is seen nodding off in the middle of his grilling by a parliament committee on the News ... More »

Glenn Beck Laughs About Dead Tabloid Whistleblower

Foes will exploit Murdoch scandal to hurt Fox, he fears

(Newser) - The death of the whistleblower who landed Rupert Murdoch in trouble drew a big chuckle from Glenn Beck yesterday. "Did you hear about the guy who was the whistleblower on the News of the World thing? I love this story. He woke up dead!" Beck laughs on his... More »

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