It appears that Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World paper is not the only publication being accused of phone hacking. Now, Piers Morgan, former Editor of the Daily Mirror, is in the hot seat for the same offense. Phone hacking was widespread at the Daily Mirror newspaper when Piers Morgan was editor of the paper, […]
News International to Pay $3.2 Million to Family of Murdered British Schoolgirl
With the Murdock family making the rounds in offering interviews to the media, we thought we would share a recent story about a monetary settlement agreed to by Mr. Murdoch’s company. Rupert Murdoch’s company said it has agreed to pay 2 million pounds ($3.2 million) to the family of a murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked […]
News Corp to be Sued in US for Hacking
A group of British phone-hacking victims plan to ask U.S. courts to look into possible “corrupt practices” at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The move could broaden the scope of a scandal that has shaken the mogul’s international media empire. British attorney Mark Lewis told The Associated Press that he had retained American lawyer Norman Siegel, […]