Duchess Sarah Ferguson Settles Phone-Hacking Dispute with Newspaper Group
Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images(LONDON) — Sarah Ferguson has settled her phone-hacking legal claim against the publishers of the now defunct British tabloid The News of the World. Ferguson, the Duchess of York, received a public apology and undisclosed …
Eight Charged in Rupert Murdoch Hacking Scandal
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — After more than a year in the headlines, eight of Rupert Murdoch’s reporters and editors in Britain have been charged with hacking the voicemails of more than 600 people over a period of five years — all …
Rebekah Brooks to Be Charged in Phone Hacking Case
MAX NASH/AFP/Getty ImagesUPDATE: Former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks has been formally charged as part of the phone hacking investigation taking place in Britain.(LONDON) — Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the now-defunct News of the World, will …
Rupert Murdoch Apologizes, Claims He Was Victim to Cover Up
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — “All I can do is apologize,” Rupert Murdoch said Thursday as he conceded he could have done more to stop the hacking scandal that has engulfed his media empire and destroyed so many careers.During Br…
Damning Emails Put Murdochs, UK Government Back in Headlines
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — After simmering on the backburner for months, the Murdoch scandal is back on the front pages of London’s newspapers on Wednesday with damning revelations that are igniting a new crisis for British Prime Mi…
Damning Emails Put Murdochs, UK Government Back in Headlines
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — After simmering on the backburner for months, the Murdoch scandal is back on the front pages of London’s newspapers on Wednesday with damning revelations that are igniting a new crisis for British Prime Mi…
James Murdoch Testifies in Leveson Inquiry in UK
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) — Rupert Murdoch and his son James are appearing before a British inquiry about press standards less than a year after being questioned at a parliamentary special committee over evidence of phone hack…
Murdoch Hacking Scandal Comes to America
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The hacking scandal rocking media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids is coming to America. High-profile British attorney Mark Lewis is planning for the first time to sue in the United States on behalf of al…
Police Arrest Employees from Murdoch’s The Sun Newspaper
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Authorities arrested eight people Saturday, including five employees from Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper, in connection to the phone hacking and corruption scandal, according to police and representatives fr…
Jude Law Settles Hacking Suits Against Murdoch’s Corp.
BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Actor Jude Law has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News International over illegal phone hacking allegations.The star of the Sherlock Holmes series and The Holiday is one of dozens of people t…
Piers Morgan to Testify in Britain’s Phone Hacking Scandal
Dave Hogan/Getty Images(LONDON) — Piers Morgan will be answering — not asking — the questions Tuesday when he testifies in an ethics inquiry over Britain’s phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct News of the World.The CNN host …