World news about “Phone hacking scandal” published by euronews.
Leveson Inquiry: Brooks lays bare close ties to UK PM Cameron Cosy texts from David Cameron, private dinners with Tony Blair…. As a powerful newspaper executive, Rebekah Brooks was courted for years by the UK’s… 11/05/2012
UK: Ex-Murdoch aide exposes ties to PM Cameron Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks, at the centre of Britain’s phone hacking scandal, has been laying bare her close ties to top politicians. She… 11/05/2012
Murdoch unfit to run News Corp – British MPs The media magnate Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run an international company according to a powerful committee of British MPs. In its report into phone-hacking… 01/05/2012
Cameron stands by Hunt and refuses to conduct probe British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure. He was forced to make a statement in the House of Commons yesterday to defend his embattled culture… 01/05/2012
Demonstration against James MurdochJames Murdoch will probably survive a row with investors to be re-elected as chairman of BSkyB with the support of News Corp but that link to his father’s… 29/11/2011
Los Angeles: anti-Murdoch demo – nocomment More than 100 protesters gathered outside the 20th Century Fox studio lot in Los Angeles where News Corp held its annual shareholders meeting. Inside Rupert… 22/10/2011
James Murdoch remains BSkyB chairman The directors of BSkyB have unanimously backed James Murdoch to remain as chairman of the satellite broadcaster. Some BSkyB shareholders had called for him… 28/07/2011
Rupert Murdoch attacked with shaving foam pie – nocomment Rupert Murdoch would have been anticipating a barrage of questions, but not a shaving foam pie in the face. 19/07/2011
Murdochs count the cost of hacking scandal As the Murdochs faced questioning before the parliamentary committee, their business empire was counting the cost of the hacking scandal. Rupert Murdoch’s… 19/07/2011
Murdoch ‘sorry’ he didn’t close News of the World earlierRupert Murdoch has said the News of the World tabloid newspaper should have been shut down years ago. Speaking at the Leveson media ethics inquiry in… 26/04/2012
Murdoch admits ministerial chats during BSKYB bidAs expected the spotlight is now turning on the politicians in the Leveson inquiry into British press ethics. James Murdoch again gave evidence today, and… 24/04/2012
Murdoch again tells Leveson ‘I didn’t know’The son of the owner of News Corporation, James Murdoch, who used to run his father’s UK operations as chairman of News International, has made his third… 24/04/2012
James Murdoch quits BSkyB to avoid hacking scandal damageJames Murdoch has quit as chairman of British pay-TV group BSkyB. Rupert Murdoch’s son has been under fire for his handling of the phone hacking scandal at… 03/04/2012
Ex-News of The World editor arrested againBritain’s phone hacking storm has flared up again with the arrest for a second time of Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the newspaper at the heart of the… 13/03/2012
Murdoch quits with dad’s thanksJames Murdoch has stepped down as the executive chairman of News International, the UK newspaper business that owns the Sun and the Times titles. The… 29/02/2012
More arrests in UK media corruption investigationPressure is mounting on Rupert Murdoch’s media empire after the arrests of eight people over alleged corruption. It is reported those detained include five… 11/02/2012
News Corp admits liability in hacking scandalAfter months of denials and attempting to put its finger in the bursting dyke of revelations about its corrupt journalistic methods, Rupert Murdoch’s News… 19/01/2012
JK Rowling on tabloids: it was like ‘being held hostage’‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling has told an inquiry into British media practices that she felt like a hostage in her own home because of press… 25/11/2011
Slovakia sacks minister over phone tappingA scandal involving the phone tapping of journalists working for the anti government newspaper Pravda has led to the sacking of the country’s defence… 23/11/2011
Actor Hugh Grant accuses British newspaper of phone hackingActor Hugh Grant has told an inquiry into UK media ethics that his phone may have been hacked by a tabloid newspaper, not owned by Rupert Murdoch. Giving… 21/11/2011
UK: phone-hacking ‘gave berieved parents false hope’The parents of a murdered British teenager have been giving evidence to an inquiry in London into the working practices of the UK press. The Leveson… 21/11/2011
UK phone hacking inquiry gets underwayAn investigation into the working practices of the British newspaper industry has opened in London. The Leveson Inquiry was set up by Prime Minister David… 14/11/2011
James Murdoch quizzed again on phone hackingNews International chairman James Murdoch has appeared again before British MPs to answer questions about a phone-hacking scandal that led to the closure of… 10/11/2011
Letter suggests hacking was widely known at UK tabloidPhone hacking was widely known about at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World paper, according to a reporter blamed as the sole culprit. He says it was openly… 16/08/2011
Former Beatle’s ex-wife makes hacking claimsHeather Mills, the ex-wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, said on Wednesday that a journalist working for Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid admitted to hacking… 04/08/2011
UK police arrest former tabloid managing editorBritish police arrested the former managing editor of the now-defunct News of the World tabloid on Tuesday over the ongoing phone-hacking scandal. Reuters… 02/08/2011
UK phone-hacking claims rock another murdered girl’s familyA mother who worked closely with the News of the World newspaper to introduce a law following her daughter’s murder may be the latest victim of the… 29/07/2011
Judge sets date for UK phone hacking inquiryAn inquiry into Britain’s phone-hacking scandal will hold its first hearings in September, the judge leading the investigation said Thursday. Lord Justice… 28/07/2011
Cameron emerges battered from stormy debateA stormy emergency session of parliament saw Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron defending his integrity and admitting he regretted hiring a journalist at… 21/07/2011
Murdoch’s News Corp. faces worries in USRupert Murdoch has returned to the US where his company faces a host of financial and legal challenges. As the phone-hacking scandal continues in the … 21/07/2011
Coulson continues to haunt CameronBritish Prime Minister David Cameron defended his integrity and that of his staff as he made an emergency statement to a rowdy a House of Commons concerning… 20/07/2011
Fury at Coulson appointment continues to pester PMBritish Prime Minister David Cameron faced a bristling House of Commons as he made a statement on the latest revelations related to the phone-hacking scandal… 20/07/2011
Questions remain after Murdoch grillingThe drama that was acted out in a parliamentary committee room in Westminster attracted journalists from all over the world. But did media mogul Rupert… 20/07/2011
Humble pie and shaving foam on Murdoch’s day of dramaRupert Murdoch would have been anticipating a barrage of questions, but not a shaving foam pie in the face. The hearing into phone hacking before a British… 19/07/2011
Mystery death of phone hacking reporterMystery surrounds the death of the former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare. The 47 year old was found dead at his UK home on Monday evening. Hoare was… 19/07/2011
Rupert Murdoch: the kingmaker in British politicsRead all about it! Global press baron Rupert Murdoch is the focus of media interest himself and the target of public anger. Saying sorry over the scandal… 19/07/2011
Murdoch physically attacked during MPs’ hearingThe sitting of MPs questioning Rupert Murdoch and his son James over phone hacking was briefly suspended after an attempted physical attack on the media… 19/07/2011
Rupert Murdoch committee hearing interrupted by an intruderRupert Murdoch was assaulted by a man with what appeared to be a custard pie during the parliamentary hearing into Britain’s phone-hacking scandal. The… 19/07/2011
Murdoch to MPs: ‘the most humble day of my life’Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his son James have been giving evidence to British MPs over the phone hacking scandal at the now defunct tabloid, the News of… 19/07/2011
Hackers target Murdoch’s ‘Sun’ and post false front page‘Media mogul’s body discovered.’ It was a shocking headline but a false one. Rupert Murdoch’s flagship ‘Sun’ newspaper has been attacked by computer… 19/07/2011
Phone-hacking bugs LondonersAs the phone-hacking scandal involving News Corporation, the police and politicians continues to unravel people on the streets of London have been voicing… 19/07/2011
Murdochs to be grilled by MPs over phone-hackingNews Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch, his son James Murdoch, and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are due to be grilled by MPs over… 19/07/2011
Murdoch faces MP grilling over phone-hackingThe Uk’s phone-hacking scandal reaches a climax today when Rupert and James Murdoch along with their former News International chief Rebekah Brooks will be… 19/07/2011
Phone hacking: British views on the scandalThe latest developments in the UK phone hacking scandal continue to shock many British people. Following revelations about journalists, private… 19/07/2011
