News International

FORMER NEWS INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE REBEKAH BROOKS CHARGED

May 15, 2012

Well the proverbial has well and truly hit the fan now. Via BBC News Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, are being charged with perverting the course of justice as part of the phone hacking inquiry. Three of Mrs Brooks’s staff, and News International security head Mark Hanna are also charged with the offence. Mrs Brooks is facing three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice while her husband faces two. In a statement, the couple accused the CPS of “posturing” […]

UK NEWS: JAMES MURDOCH TO STEP DOWN AS NEWS INTERNATIONAL CHAIRMAN

February 29, 2012

Via Digital Spy James Murdoch is to step down as executive chairman of News International newspapers in the UK, it has been announced. News Corporation confirmed this afternoon that Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, will no longer chair the board at the group that includes companies publishing The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun. He has been widely criticised for his handling of the phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World last year, […]