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Coming Soon: Rebekah Brooks, the Movie

John Johnson — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:50:23 CDT

Rebekah Brooks, the woman who ran Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper unit and is now facing criminal charges in its phone-hacking scandal, is going Hollywood. But not exactly in a good way. A new studio called BiteSize Entertainment is developing a feature film about Brooks and her fall from power, says...

Sen. Rockefeller Seeks Murdoch Evidence

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:00:00 CDT

Sen. Jay Rockefeller has stepped up his efforts to find out if Rupert Murdoch's News Corp broke American laws in the British phone-hacking scandal. The West Virginia Democrat, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, has asked Lord Leveson, head of the British inquiry into the scandal, to turn over any...

Murdoch 'Not Fit' to Lead News Corp: UK Lawmakers

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:32:01 CDT

A group of British lawmakers has concluded that Rupert Murdoch is not fit to lead his own media empire: Parliament's Culture, Media, and Sport Committee released a report the AP calls "scathing," accusing Murdoch of misleading Parliament about the extent of the phone hacking scandal at his News of the...

Rupert Murdoch: 'I Failed'

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:46:22 CDT

Rupert Murdoch apologized today over the News of the World hacking scandal, admitting "I failed." He said he didn't pay enough attention to the tabloid, calling that lack of attention "an omission by me" during his second day of testimony at the Leveson inquiry into media ethics. "I am very...

Murdoch's News Corp Wanted Editors to Lobby

John Johnson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:30:05 CDT

In his testimony before a government panel in Britain today, Rupert Murdoch insisted that his News Corp "never pushed our commercial interests in our newspapers." But as ProPublica reports, the company at least entertained the idea of using the top editors at two leading papers— Wall Street Journal Europe and...

Murdoch Talks Hacking, Thatcher, Porcupine Sex

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:44:55 CDT

Rupert Murdoch is appearing before Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry into media ethics today, and in the absence of pies , we'll just give you the more colorful bits. (Click to see what son James said yesterday .) A lunch meeting Murdoch had with then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher—in 1981...

James Murdoch Sticks to His Story

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:43:53 CDT

Second verse, same as the first: James Murdoch defended his record at the head of his father's scandal-tarred British newspaper unit before Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry into media ethics today. Murdoch repeated allegations that the now-defunct News of the World's then-editor Colin Myler and the company's former in-house lawyer...

Gingrich: 'CNN Is Less Biased Than Fox'

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:59:33 CDT

Newt Gingrich is not happy with his former employer , Fox News, which he accused yesterday of backing Mitt Romney since the beginning of the Republican nomination race. "Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than Fox this year," he said at a private meeting of Delaware Tea Party...

Brit Hacking Scandal Hits US

Rob Quinn — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:39:04 CDT

The lawyer who spearheaded efforts to expose phone hacking at Britain's News of the World is on his way to the US, and American lawsuits are expected to follow. Mark Lewis plans to explore American law as it relates to phone hacking, and to file at least three lawsuits on...