News International chief exec Brooks quits
Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International, resigned on Friday amid the phone-hacking scandal engulfing the British newspaper group, she said in a message to staff.
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House of Lords rip apart 'sorry' Murdochs; Brooks quits as CEO
As members of the House of Lords heaped calumnies, media baron Rupert Murdoch and his family went into damage control mode, promising to apologise to the nation for using dubious news-gathering practi
Wayne Rooney to sue News of the World over leaks
Ace striker Wayne Rooney plans to sue the tabloid News of the World for hacking his phone after it broke revelations of his romps with a hooker.
Manchester law firm Hill Dickinson announced that the
British inquiry will probe links of press, politicians: PM
British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday a judge-led inquiry into phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's papers will look at the relationship between politicians and the press.
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British hacking scandal widens with Brown, royal claims
Britain's phone hacking scandal spiralled on Monday amid reports that former premier Gordon Brown and the royals were targeted, as the government dealt a blow to Rupert Murdoch's bid for pay-TV giant
News Corp considering selling off remaining UK newspapers
Michael Woolf alleged that executives at the media mogul's parent company, News Corporation, were discussing the possibility of disposing of their UK subsidiary News International, which owns the Tim
News of the World staff have last laugh at editor with ‘mocking’ clues in crossword
The staff at News of the World seem to have had the last laugh at their editor Rebekah Brooks by disguising mocking messages in the crossword of the tabloid’s last edition on Sunday.
Brooks had repo
Murdoch urged to drop BSkyB bid amid scandal
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg urged Rupert Murdoch on Monday to scrap his bid for satellite broadcaster BSkyB amid the tabloid phone-hacking scandal engulfing the media baron's empire.
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UK tabloid News of the World writes own obit amid hacking scandal
Writing the obituary for their own newspaper, Britain's News of the World went to press for the last time on Saturday, ending its 168-year history of scoops and scandal.
The last edition came out wit
News International’s India link: HCL ready to face UK law
IT major HCL Technologies on Friday said it would cooperate with the London police in the probe into the alleged attempted destruction of data stored in its Indian facility by Rupert Murdoch-owned New