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WORKING THE REFS

Three Strikes So Why Is WaPo CEO Will Lewis Not Out?

WaPo’s new boss has already done considerable damage to the storied newspaper, writes ex-Post reporter Paul Farhi for The Daily Beast.

Paul Farhi

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A GAME OF CHICKEN

Murdoch’s Latest Court Victory Is No Victory at All

A judge has ruled that Uncle Rupes will be spared further exposure, but Prince Harry’s case has been strengthened in the process.

Clive Irving

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BETRAYED

New Claim Puts ‘WaPo’ Boss in Crosshairs of Murdoch Scandal

A new report suggests Lewis played a central role in destroying messages sent and received by those involved in the “News of the World” hacking.

Clive Irving

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HAXED

How Much Will It Cost to Keep Rupert Murdoch Off the Stand?

Hugh Grant took an “enormous” settlement he couldn’t refuse, leaving Prince Harry as the final obstacle for Rupert to take his hacking scandal secrets to the grave.

Clive Irving

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ROPED IN

Prince Harry Accuses WaPo Boss, Murdoch of Hacking Cover-Up

Lawyers repping Harry and Hugh Grant allege Murdoch, WaPo publisher Will Lewis, and News U.K. boss Rebekah Brooks were all personally part of the phone-hacking scandal.

Corbin Bolies

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Murdoch’s Long Shadow

New WaPo Chief Angered His Ex-Staff During Hacking Crisis

Will Lewis was tasked with cleaning up News Corp’s hacking scandal in Britain—and ex-colleagues say he threw them to the wolves to protect the powerful.

Lachlan Cartwright

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ROYALLY SCREWED

Prince Harry May Deliver the Next Big Blow to Murdoch Empire

In the ongoing hacking lawsuit, Murdoch’s newspaper kingdom “cannot allow some of those documents to see the light of day”—but Prince Harry seems hellbent on making sure they do.

Clive Irving

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SUNBURNED

Fox Grows More Dangerous as Murdoch Tabloid Empire Falls

The hacking scandal finally caught up with the London tabs, turning them into a worthless asset. Now the mogul’s motherlode—Fox News—is right here, and it’s on a roll.

Clive Irving

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One of a Kind

How Rupert Murdoch Changed Newspapers Forever

In James Graham’s play ‘Ink,’ about to transfer to London’s West End, we see a young Rupert Murdoch purchase ‘The Sun,’ heralding the modern tabloid era—for good and ill.

David Freedlander

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Persecution

Fight Over Migrants’ Ages Engulfs U.K.

Hundreds of children from one of Europe’s most squalid and desperate refugee camps, ‘The Jungle’ in Calais, are being resettled in the U.K. But the appearance of a few who seem to be over 18 is fueling ugly headlines.

Tom Sykes

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Coming Clean

Murdoch’s Security Chief Blows Whistle

Mark Hanna was there at the height of the phone hacking, and says he’s about to tell the world everything he knows, with details ‘I’m sure will shock everybody.’

Nico Hines

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