SAY WHAT?
If the GOP frontrunner succeeds in his plan to make American libel laws as tough as Britain’s, the freedom of the press will suffer.
Peter Jukes is an author based in London. His second nonfiction book, Fall of the House of Murdoch, which puts the current scandal against the half-century rise of News Corp., was published by Unbound earlier this year.
Isolated Figure
His protégée Rebekah Brooks may have been spared, but the mogul faces a police grilling, more possible charges against News Corp from Scotland Yard, and a looming Senate probe.
BUSTED
Rebekah Brooks was found not guilty of all charges in London’s phone hacking trial today but her successor as editor of the News of the World was convicted of conspiracy to hack phones.
The jury at the phone hacking trial in London hears that Princess Diana sought allies to ‘take on’ Prince Charles in the media.
Private messages were published in a London court Wednesday as prosecutors alleged that former members of Blair’s Labour government offered support to the former executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International.
Rupert Murdoch’s flame-haired deputy took the stand in London to answer charges that she conspired to hack into the phones of politicians, celebrities and crime victims during her tenure at News of the World.
The former prime minister confirms a U.K. trial's allegation he spoke to the News International executive.
A tabloid reporter reveals his elaborate phone-hacking secrets to a court in London, which he says he used to target Daniel Craig and other celebs.
Listening
The British actor claimed the ‘News of the World’ hacked his phone and paid family members for stories including a furious row with Daniel Craig who had an affair with his girlfriend.
Phone-Hacking Trial
Rupert Murdoch’s ‘News of the World’ intercepted Kate and Harry's voicemails, prosecutors alleged in a London court on Thursday.