Murdoch’s ‘News Of The World’ to Shut Down

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   ceebs on July 9, 2011 at 8:38 am

   Some Background

   European Tribune – Phone hacking, a roundup Part 1

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     Indianadem on July 9, 2011 at 2:58 pm

     Isn’t it good to see Murdoch squirm for a change? Now, if we could just include the Koch Bros.

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   Oui on July 14, 2011 at 2:08 pm

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   News Corp. dropped its bid to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group

   LONDON (WSJ) July 14, 2011 – News Corp. dropped its bid to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, as a political firestorm ignited by reporting tactics at one of its U.K. newspaper titles upended the company’s strategic ambitions and delivered a blow to its influence in Britain.

   Mr. Murdoch entered the British market 40 years ago as an outsider who battled his way to become an establishment media mogul through tenacity and a willingness to disregard his critics, media analysts say. But that hard-won political capital vaporized amid allegations his News of the World tabloid obtained information by bribing police officers and illegally accessing the mobile-phone voice mails of politicians and crime victims.
   The phone scandal kicked into a higher gear two weeks ago, with allegations that News of the World hacked into the phone of murdered teenager Milly Dowler, triggering an avalanche of other accusations of dubious reporting tactics at some of Mr. Murdoch’s British titles.

   For the public, “it’s fair game to hack into politicians and celebs, but once you hack into a murdered teenager’s phone it is different,” said Ivor Gaber, professor of political journalism at City University in London.

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   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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   Oui on July 18, 2011 at 12:28 pm

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   Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson announced his resignation.

   “I have taken this decision as a consequence of the ongoing speculation and accusations relating to the Met’s links with News International at a senior level and in particular in relation to Mr. Neil Wallis,” Stephenson said. Wallis, who was editor of News of the World until 2009, was recently arrested as part of the scandal.

   “However, the issue of my integrity is different. Let me state clearly, I and the people who know me know that my integrity is completely intact.

   “I may wish we had done some things differently, but I will not lose sleep over my personal integrity.

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   "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."