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Hacking Cases Focus on Memo to a Murdoch

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:39:22 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Sarah Lyall and Ravi Somaiya
As dozens of investigators and high-powered lawyers converge on Rupert Murdoch's News International in the phone-hacking scandal, attention has focused on the printout of an email excavated three months ago from a sealed carton left behind in an empty company office. Addressed to Murdoch's son James, it contained explosive information about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid -- information James Murdoch says he failed to take in because he did not read the whole email chain.

Hacking Inquiry Widens to Times of London

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:13:00 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Sarah Lyall and Alan Cowell
The hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers took a new turn when a lawmaker said police investigations had spread to the flagship Times of London.

News Corp.: We Did Not Admit Guilt in Wiretapping Settlements

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:55 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
Free Press was using News Corp.'s announced settlement of claims against News International's News Group Newspapers for allegations of wiretapping to push the FBI investigation into News Corp.'s U.S. operations, but News Corp. suggested that was off base. Free Press cited News Corp.'s admission of guilt, but News Corp. said that was not the case.

News International Settles with 37 Alleged Hacking Victims

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:33:48 -0500

Full article: AdWeek
Emma Bazilian
News International has agreed to settle with 37 victims of News Group Newspapers’ alleged phone hacking. These latest revelations could affect the case against News Corp. in the U.S., where no charges have been officially filed against the company.

Jude Law, Other Celebrities Receive Settlements in Phone-Hacking Case

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:17:44 -0500

Full article: Time
Sonia van Gilder Cooke
Actor Jude Law is among 36 victims of phone-hacking who settled with Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company. Law, whose phone was repeatedly hacked by now-shuttered tabloid News of the World, received $200,000 in damages, one month before the first civil phone-hacking trial kicks off in London. Murdoch's News International could face a settlement bill running into the tens of millions as further hacking victims bring claims.

News Corp. Admits Guilt, Settles Hacking Claims

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:12:05 -0500

Full article: Reuters
Georgina Prodhan and Kate Holton
The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. looks set to settle at great expense a string of legal claims after admitting wide-scale phone hacking that was both known about and concealed by senior management.

The Guardian Under Pressure to Apologize for News of the World Phone-Hacking Accusation

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:42:52 -0500

Full article: Hollywood Reporter
Mimi Turner
Pressure is mounting on the Guardian newspaper to apologize for accusing News of the World investigators of deleting messages on the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Former employees of the News of the World are seeking an apology from the Guardian, which admitted that it was "no longer clear" how the messages had been deleted.

Rupert Murdoch Lobbies Congress to Restrict Internet

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:57:27 -0500

Full article: Huffington Post
Michael McAuliff and Ryan Grim
News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch threw his weight behind Congress' attempt to restrict the Internet, personally lobbying leaders on Capitol Hill for two measures that purport to combat piracy. Murdoch's media empire is among some 350 large corporations that have come out in favor of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, as well as the Protect IP Act in the Senate.

New Arrest in British Phone-Hacking Scandal

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:24:29 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Ravi Somaiya and Alan Cowell
British police officials said on Wednesday that a 41-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch’s media outpost here. This is the 18th suspect taken into custody since inquiries into the scandal intensified in January.

U.K. Police Arrest Woman in Hacking Probe

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:33:12 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Cassell Bryan-Low and Paul Sonne
U.K. police arrested a woman that a person familiar with the matter identified as a former reporter at News Corp.'s News of the World tabloid, part of the ongoing investigation into alleged wrongdoing at the now-closed newspaper.