Rebekah Brooks, the former CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, was arrested Tuesday as part of a Scotland Yard investigation into phone hacking.
Law settled with Rupert Murdoch’s News International on Thursday, saying repeated phone hacking had made him “distrustful of people close to me.”
British tabloid News of the World hacked into the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, leading her parents to hope, falsely, that she might be alive and checking her phone. Today, her parents shared their heartbreak.
News International is already facing more than 60 civil action suits for invasion of privacy. The website was launched to, presumably, streamline further claims.
The bizarre theater surrounding the tabloid phone-hacking scandal that’s rocked Britain’s media world has the Internet exploding with comedic, satirical jabs about the players involved.
Throughout the parliamentary grilling and pie attack, tweeters from around the world tuned in to the scene at London’s Portcullis House and offered their humorous takes on #hackgate. Here are 10 of the best.
British newspaper readers were greeted by a simple but bold apology as they flipped through the morning headlines.
And here we thought Hugh’s best stuff came in confessions of love.
