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News Corp. directors lawyer up
Rupert Murdoch (World Economic Forum/Wikimedia)The Guardian: The independent directors of News Corp have appointed their own legal team as the company faces shareholder law suits and an investigation...
View ArticleUPDATED: Parliamentary Committee finds News International Obstructed Justice
In a report to be released Wednesday, a Parliamentary committee has found that News International "deliberately" blocked the hacking investigation.Rupert Murdoch's News International has been found by...
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News Corp. scandal roundup
Was James Murdoch being truthful? (Reuters TV) Lots of small bits of news happening today. Small, but potentially important, as the scandal continues to widen. Two News of the World executives disputed...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XI: USA Today Poll shows nearly 80% want...
As I explained in my previous diary today, I might be off the grid next week, but in case anyone thinks the Newscorp scandal is of only parochial interest in the UK, a new USA Today Survey shows that...
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News Corp. scandal roundup: Justice Department preparing subpoenas
Out of the frying pan, into the fire (Reuters TV) The Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journalreports: The U.S. Justice Department is preparing subpoenas as part of preliminary investigations into News Corp....
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XII: James Recalled, Mulcaire sings, Smoking Gun...
It's been a week since my last instalment of this riveting saga of dynasty, criminality and corruption at the heart of our government, and though things haven't been playing out in the same tremendous...
View ArticleMurdoch Just Axed CurrentTV in Italy. Sunday Last Day UPDATED x2 w/ACTION
Breaking from AdWeek:Current TV’s last-ditch efforts to save its left-leaning Italian-language network, Current Italy, have failed and the channel will go dark this Sunday, according to an internal...
View ArticleCertain knowledge of NoTW knowledge of criminal behavior. Prepare popcorn
This is a question. And barely a diary. The facts are these: The NYT has just posted a story detailed the contents of the letters retained by NoTW's solicitors Harbottle and Lewis which 'led' the...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XIII: Watch out Newscorp! Nick Davies Arrives in...
A rather brief update on the saga than normal, as I have kids here. However, I'll update if more comes in the afternoon. Ericlewis0 has done a great job of explaining how the phone hacking scandal that...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XIV: Key Figure at News International Arrested:...
OK. This turns out to be Stuart Kuttner, former managing director of News of the World, but not a major figure in Newscorp terms: I'll update this diary below the fold if anything big comes of this....
View ArticleUpdate Can it happen here, research inspired by MP Watson on life as the...
Update: Title change, to reflect research taken up in response to a challenge received from commentator (H/T) Grannus who opines that it wont happen here. So I did research and found one learned expert...
View ArticleFOTHOM XV: 9/11 Victims: Murdoch in NY Schools! Davies on US Hacking UPDATEDx2
The FOTHOM story may simmer over the summer, but have no fears it will go away. Most of Europe goes away in August, and though we're not as bad as the French, don't be surprised to see a lack of live...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XVI: BREAKING: DOJ looking at RICO Statutes
This will be very short. As London burns - there are riots ringing Central London where I live tonight - and the stockmarket crash, some stunning news from Michael Wolff, Murdoch's acerbic and...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XVII: BREAKING: "Dynamite" Revelations about...
Brace yourselves everyone. While multiple police enquiries into various aspects of Murdoch's Newscorp are grinding their slow progress through the summer, Tom Watson, the heroic MP and campaigner who...
View ArticleSeven Years After Outfoxed, Murdoch's Empire Continues Corruption
Seven years ago, Brave New Films and I exposed Rupert Murdoch's top down journalism at FOX News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. As recent...
View ArticleDecline and fall of the Murdoch Empire: PI ordered to name names
Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator convicted of hacking into cell phones on behalf of News Of The World, was ordered to reveal who at the tabloid told him to hack into the phones of several...
View ArticleFOTHOM XVIII: Gordon Brown tape; James' Bonus; BREAKING UPDATE: Victims...
Important Update: Hacking Victims Lawyers TargetedJust when I thought it was safe to go to bed Tom Watson has tweeted quite a devastating new story breaking overnight from the Independent. Just when...
View ArticleFall of the House of Murdoch XIX: NI Lawyers in Parliament
Yes, Parliament is back nipping at the Murdoch's heels. Two public inquiries begin to day, the Leveson Inquiry into the state of British media, and another into the riots of the summer. But in terms...
View ArticleFOTHOM: Labor MP Watson claims another NC paper involved in phone hacking
A Labour MP has alleged that phone hacking at News International has gone "far beyond the News of the World" as he claimed that the Sun newspaper is also implicated in illegal practices. ... SNIP ...Do...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXVI: BREAKING: The Dynasty is Over
No, there is no major news about the three major investigations into multiple phone and computer hacking, bribing police officials, or perverting the course of justice by News International in the the...
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