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Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, two of the most senior former executives at newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch, appeared at a courthouse in London on Wednesday, facing charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal.
Top Murdoch lieutenant charged in phone hacking probe
Rupert Murdoch’s former top-lieutenant in the UK was charged Tuesday with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Rebekah Brooks, her husband and three aides stand accused of trying to hide information from police investigating the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
Murdoch seeks sunnier days with Sun on Sunday launch
Serious new allegations dog the media mogul, who wants to move on
Setbacks: Rupert Murdoch
The media mogul has always had an unsavoury reputation, but he had never looked weak or ineffectual before
Maybe it should be renamed ‘Bad News Corp.’
New revelations continue to tarnish the Murdoch empire
Not powerful enough to be corrupted
Rest assured, the Canadian news media isn’t nearly powerful enough for anything like the News International scandal to happen here.
Ex-NotW execs challenge James Murdoch’s testimony
News International chairman faces calls for police investigation
Murdoch’s maelstrom
Under investigation in the U.K., Rupert Murdoch may well find that his toughest test will be in the U.S.
Is it Watergate across the pond?
The British phone hacking scandal is reminiscent of the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. Resignations, non-denial denials, arrests, inquiries by legislators, and firings are dominating the news in both Europe and America. Indeed, just like Watergate, the questions are, what did they (News Corp.) know? And when did they know it?