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News Corp scandal spreads with Sun reporter arrest

The phone hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp threatened to spread to other titles on Friday, as sources said a journalist at the Sun newspaper had been arrested over allegations of police bribery.

 

Phone hacking scandal closes News of the World

Phone hacking scandal closes News of the World

The News of the World, the British tabloid newspaper beset with a widening phone-hacking scandal, will shut down as result of the imbroglio, a top executive of its parent company said Thursday. The News, a feisty, hugely profitable daily that has been continuously published for 168 years, will cease publishing on Sunday, said James Murdoch, the son of media baron Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns the newspaper.

 

British tabloid admits liability for phone hacking

British tabloid admits liability for phone hacking

Britain's News of The World tabloid has apologized for hacking into the phones of several public figures and offered to pay them compensation.

 

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