LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested an 18th suspect in their investigation into phone hacking by the News of the World tabloid, the Rupert Murdoch-owned U.K. paper shut down earlier this year.

LONDON (AP) — Hacking into celebrity phones was just the sleazy tip of the iceberg.

[credit provider=”adweek.com”] CNN host Piers Morgan is in trouble. Last week a British judge said he would call the former tabloid chief at News Corp. to testify at the inquiry into phone hacking at the News of the World and The Mirror, two papers Morgan was formerly editor of. And […]

[credit provider=”NTI / Getty Images”] As the official inquiry into the controversy-wrought U.K. tabloid News of the World deepens, new information emerges about just what kind of workplace the now-defunct newsroom was, the Daily Beast reports.It was apparently horrible and full of jerks, Guardian reporter Nick Davies testified before government […]

Paul McMullan, a former News of the World features editor who went on to reveal all the secrets of the trade, has appeared today at the Leveson inquiry into the practices of the British tabloid world (more info on the Leveson inquiry is here).

Today has seen a number of big revelations at the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking in the UK.

Today’s testimony from Hugh Grant at the Leveson inquiry was entertaining to say the least, with Grant cutting an entertaining (and at least somewhat convincing) figure in his calls for greater respect of the privacy of celebrities.

The parents of Milly Dowler have appeared before the UK’s Leveson inquiry to give evidence about how phone hacking by the News of the World led them to falsely believe their daughter was still alive.

Speaking at the UK’s Leweson Inquiry, a lawyer for the mother of missing schoolgirl Madeleine McCann has revealed her extreme pain at having her private diaries published by the now-notorious News of the World tabloid.

LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday tabloid was an institutionally corrupt British newspaper whose phone hacking victims may have included the parents of a teenage murder victim, a lawyer for the victims said Wednesday.

[credit provider=”flickr: charmingman” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/citizenerased/59706200/sizes/z/in/photostream/”] LONDON (AP) — The press likes to cast itself as society’s guardian. On Monday, the judge leading the investigation into Britain’s deepening phone hacking scandal vowed to find an answer to the question: Who guards the guardians?For years, the British media’s answer has been that it […]

News International’s hacking saga continues to throw curve balls.

UPDATE: The tweet that reported that James Murdoch has been arrested has  now been deleted.

[credit provider=”AP Images”] A dossier obtained by the BBC shows that the surveillance undertaken by News Corp’s News of the World was of an industrial scale.The BBC is set to reveal in a program tonight that ex-policeman, Derek Webb, was paid to follow over 100 targets as part of the […]

[credit provider=”twitter.com/suttonnick” url=”twitter.com/suttonnick”] LONDON (AP) — A journalist at Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of police corruption, British media reported Friday, a development that spreads the taint of scandal to the country’s biggest-selling newspaper.U.K. broadcasters and newspapers identified the journalist as award-winning editor Jamie Pyatt, […]

Do you believe that Rupert Murdoch has hacked your phone?

[credit provider=”guardian.co.uk”] NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW that News International was warned three years ago that there was “overwhelming evidence” that senior journalists were involved in phone hacking at the now defunct News of the World.The revelations in the documents released by a UK parliamentary committee investigating the phone hacking at the newspaper […]

[credit provider=”Flickr/Phil Whitehouse” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/philliecasablanca/2070476609/”] The News of the World‘s mysterious “hub phone” has been uncovered by the Metropolitan Police, reports The Independent in an exclusive story.The phone is believed to have been at the centre of this summer’s huge hacking scandal that eventually lead to the demise of Britain’s biggest […]

LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch’s company says it has agreed to pay 2 million pounds ($3.2 million) to the family of a murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked by the News of the World tabloid.

[credit provider=”Flickr user: Lucy Watt” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucywatt/6194165179/sizes/l/in/photostream/”] As News Corporation‘s shareholders sit down in Los Angeles this week to begin their AGM, they’ll know that at the back of the room there’s a man bent on reprimanding the company.Hailing from the British Midlands, Tom Watson (not the golfer) is a U.K. […]

[credit provider=”Flickr/Lee Bailey” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/leebailey/4754852773/”] A reporter with the Guardian newspaper has been questioned by police investigating the leaking of information pertaining to the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into phone hacking by the News of the World.Amelia Hill, who has broken a series of stories naming people who have been arrested as […]

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It’s looking increasingly likely that James Murdoch will face the questions of the UK’s parliamentary culture committee once more after one of his own legal advisors told MPs he informed the News International chairman of more phone hacking at the News of the World.Tom Crone, the former legal manager of […]

[credit provider=”AP”] The BBC’s Robert Peston reports that a former News of the World editor at the heart of the UK’s phone hacking scandal continued to be paid by Rupert Murdoch‘s News International even while he worked for the British Prime Minister David Cameron.Peston writes that Andy Coulson, who had […]

Now, News Corp. is fighting the bogeyman.

[credit provider=”AdrianDennis/AFP/Getty Images/NYMag.com”] We all knew it was coming: James Murdoch may “take a breather” from News Corp.”The company is still trying to operate as if James isn’t going anywhere,” said a high-ranking insider told Reuters. “But everyone is thinking about what will happen if he has to step aside.”

James Desborough, a former News of the World reporter who had been based in Hollywood, has been arrested in relation to phone hacking, reports The Guardian.

[credit provider=”EPA”] A letter, written by ex-News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman in 2007 but only circulated today, has blown the lid off claims by Andy Coulson and Rupurt Murdoch’s executive team that phone hacking was isolated within the company, reports The Guardian.Nick Davies writes:

The FBI is starting to examine whether News of the World tapped phones in the United States.

Rupert Murdoch is laughing all the way to the bank.

Elisabeth Murdoch will not be joining her father Rupert and brothers James and Lachlan on the News Corp. board after all.

[credit provider=”guardian.co.uk”] Just when it seemed things might be looking up the tiniest bit for James Murdoch (he gets to stay on as BSkyB chairman) — bam.Parliament committee chairman John Whittingdale said today that “chances are” Murdoch will be back in front of Parliament to investigate the truthfulness of his […]

Jonathan May-Bowles, better known as Jonnie Marbles, had his time in the sun.

Looks like the black cloud that’s been hanging of James Murdoch has dissipated…a little.

Here’s the truth: The New of the World wasn’t important to News Corporation.

[credit provider=”Wikimedia Commons” url=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Altai_Kutscherla-See.jpg”] Ex-News of the World staffers have been dismayed by the new employment options given to them by News International, reports The Guardian.Shocked former tabloid journalists found that there were only 6 tabloid positions available, with the majority of the rest either not in journalism or requiring […]

The Economist has been producing some amazing covers lately.

Guardian reporter Nick Davies, the man who broke the phone-hacking scandal that’s bringing down Rupert Murdoch, just scored a book deal.

[credit provider=”Benjamin Ellis at Flickr” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamin2/2861973473/”] Roy Greenslade at the Guardian has some interesting news.Tom Watson, the British MP whose handling of the phone hacking scandal has won him nearly universal acclaim, is readying a book on the scandal due to be published later this year.

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[preserve] [/preserve] It’s three against one for James Murdoch. That’s the latest tally of how many former News International executives have publicly accused the son of Rupert Murdoch of giving inaccurate testimony before Parliament last week. 

Anyone who thought Rupert Murdoch‘s phone-hacking scandal saw its finale with Wendi Deng‘s tiger leap should think again.

Piers Morgan has been floating around the periphery of the phone-hacking scandal since the British blogger Guido Fawkes alleged that one of Morgan’s biggest scoops whilst editor of the Daily Mirror was the result of a hacking.

OK. Maybe just two.  But don’t mess with these women!

Sounds like Rupert Murdoch may get even more humbled than he was the other day.

After two weeks of remaining almost entirely silent on the phone-hacking scandal Piers Morgan, who edited News of the World prior to Rebekah Brooks, and went on to edit the Daily Mirror, has decided now is the opportune time to jump in.

Murdoch-owned FOX News spent nearly 6 hours of uninterrupted air time covering yesterday’s Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking hearing.

“There is not a shred of evidence whatsoever that the U.S. side of News Corporation has been involved in any of these scandals.”

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The U.K.’s phone hacking scandal seems to keep getting bigger, with more revelations, resignations and arrests. Here’s a quick breakdown of some important stats in the scandal so far. For background on how the scandal developed, see our reader’s guideand our collection of related MuckReads. 

[credit provider=”AdrianDennis/AFP/Getty Images/NYMag.com”] Rupert Murdoch‘s phone-hacking scandal leaves everyone with the same reaction:You can’t make this stuff up.

[credit provider=”Guardian” url=”http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/06/phone-hacking-david-cameron-forced-to-act”] David Cameron‘s judgment on hiring disgraced ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson has already been called into question.Now, new allegations have surfaced that appear to show Andy Coulson was advised by Neil Wallis, the News of the World editor at the very centre of the hacking […]

Wendi Deng Murdoch is the wife of Rupert Murdoch — and, as of today, his bodyguard.

[credit provider=”Fox News Channel”] During the start of questioning by British Parliament on Tuesday Morning, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch interrupted the back-and-forth to offer an “explanation”:News Corp. is a really big company. Also, NOTW was less than 1% of that really big company.

[credit provider=”chickaboomer.blogspot.com”] After nearly two weeks of maintaining an increasingly problematic silence on the phone-hacking scandal that is roiling Britain and threatening to take down Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corp. Piers Morgan finally weighed in last night on his show.Morgan, a former News of the World editor (he preceded Rebekah Brooks) […]

While David Cameron was away in Africa, it was left to the Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson to defend his party in the wake of the disastrous phone hacking scandal.

What a tangled web this has become.

The anonymous hack group Lulz Security have hacked into the website of Rupert Murdoch‘s The Sun and posted a fake story of his suicide.

At the end of this phone-hacking scandal — and it seems clear we have not hit rock bottom yet — it may be Rupert Murdoch‘s own employees that do him in.

[credit provider=”businessweek.com”] In addition to being a best-selling author, a visionary, and a whirlwind of charisma, Arianna Huffington is a relentless promoter of her own efforts.That’s not a bad thing, just a fact.

Elisabeth Murdoch could soon have a new title: CEO of News Corporation.

So far the News Corp-owned Wall St. Journal has acquitted itself excellently in its coverage of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. 

There is currently a waiting game on to see whether the News Corp phone-hacking scandal jumps the pond and erupts Stateside.

[credit provider=”guardian.co.uk”] As the phone-hacking scandal continues to wreak havoc at News Corp and beyond the BBC reports James Murdoch may soon be out at BSkyB.Murdoch is currently chairman at BSkyB where, despite the dropped takeover bid News Corp still holds 39% of the shares.

[credit provider=”Wikimedia Commons” url=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Met_Police_Blue_Lamp.jpg”] Update: Looks like John Yates didn’t want to be suspended. The Met have released a statement saying they have accepted his resignation.Original: The phone hacking scandal is continuing to wreck havoc in the UK.

Despite her arrest yesterday, Sky News is reporting that Rebekah Brooks will appear before Parliament Tuesday morning alongside James and Rupert Murdoch to testify in the phone-hacking investigation that is threatening to take down Murdoch’s News Corp.

[credit provider=”AdrianDennis/AFP/Getty Images/NYMag.com”] There’s no telling how the News Corp. saga will turn out, but I’ll try. Here’s a scenario that leads to the breakup of News Corp., the Murdochs out of power, the deflation of institutional journalism, a break in the too-cozy media-government complex, an unfortunate rise in regulation […]

It pays to resign in disgrace at Rupert Murdoch‘s company.

“Citigroup and Bank of America were the victims of the hackers. News Corp. is the hacker. That’s the difference!” 

From this morning’s Fox & Friends.  Naturally.

It is rapidly going from bad to worse for Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation.

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In January, Rupert Murdoch hired former New York City education chancellor Joel Klein (at $2 million per year!) to head News Corporation’s for-profit education division.

So why did Rupert Murdoch‘s top executive Rebekah Brooks — the woman he thinks of as a daughter, and whom he has stood by as the phone-hacking scandal threatens to take down News Corp — resign today?

We have to imagine it’s been a bad week in the Murdoch household.

[credit provider=”Youtube” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1AJjnl2y8U”] Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the News Of The World, who now runs News International, has just resigned from her post at News Corp.While News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has stuck by Brooks — he considers her a member of the family, and has rejected two […]

“My deal with the company is, ‘I will do shows on MSNBC, and you will not tell me what to say.'”

“Everything’s going to start truncating and falling.”

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Add another excellent addition to the slate of Rupert Murdoch covers

We noted on Monday that FOX News had not exactly been devoting a lot of attention to the Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal.

[credit provider=”TheDailyBeast.com”] Rupert Murdoch has gone from feared media executive to the subject of embarrassing headlines.In the wake of his ever-worsening phone hacking scandal and the closing of his newspaper News Of The World, the media has latched on to the story of this media take-down.

Less than three weeks ago James Murdoch, younger son of Rupert Murdoch, was widely considered to be heir-apparent to News Corp.

Rupert and James Murdoch will not be appearing before British Parliament to face questioning over the phone-hacking allegations rocking News Corps empire.

“You know, for a long time they were out of control, the tabloid newspapers, Murdoch’s and others.”

“Did he become a citizen just like somebody marries someone to get into the country because they want a job or because he discovered some love of America?”

Martin Bashir is not happy with Rupert Murdoch and he is not afraid to state his case.

Politico reports that representatives for various groups representing 9/11 families came forward today and repeated calls for U.S. lawmakers to investigate News Corp’s activities on this side of the pond.

When Michael Wolff floated the idea that Rupert Murdoch may sell his British newspaper division, many thought the idea of Murdoch ditching his beloved News International was absurd.

It’s sounding less and less likely that CNN’s Piers Morgan is going to manage to stay free of the Murdoch phone-hacking scandal engulfing Britain.

As the New of the World phone-hacking scandal threatens to bring down the entirety of News Corporation, people are desperate to know exactly what happened in the tabloid of ill-repute.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has withdrawn its $12 billion bid for BSkyB.

David Cameron’s indecision over the phone hacking scandal in the UK appears to finally be over.

[credit provider=”Wikileaks” url=”http://wikileaksnews.net/pressure-in-united-states-to-investigate-news-corporation-phone-hacking.html”] The Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal is slowly creeping towards American shores.Yesterday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) encouraged “the appropriate agencies to investigate to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated.”

“He has been the most influential figure in journalism over the last 50 years in the English-speaking world, and we’re all the poorer for it.”

The Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal has thus far mostly stayed a British phenomenon (though today’s USA Today cover suggests it’s slowly creeping into the American consciousness).

[credit provider=”Flickr Images Money” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5474194477/”] Imagine you’re a Fleet Street reporter at a British tabloid with a pocketful of cash.You meet a trusted source at a pub, a police officer who tells you about the royal family’s confidential schedule in exchange for a small gratuity.

Edmund Lee of AdAge notes that someone is already selling the domain names NewsoftheWorldthemovie.com or NOTWthemovie.com on eBay:The following domains are all for sale by jeroenrody:

A former deputy managing editor of the Wall Street Journal told TheWrap that he found it hard to believe top-level News International players like chief executive Rebekah Brooks could claim no knowledge of News Corp.’s phone-hacking activities.