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Hollywood hacking case victims include Johansson

Last updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 5:10pm

LOS ANGELES -- A Florida man was charged with hacking into celebrity email accounts in a computer invasion scheme that led to the posting of private and revealing information, including nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson, on the Internet, federal authorities said Wednesday.

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Former executives challenge Murdochs' testimony

Raphael G. Satter The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 7:32am

LONDON — Former News International executives on Tuesday challenged testimony given by their bosses — Rupert and James Murdoch — with one saying the media mogul had gotten it wrong when he blamed outside lawyers for improperly investigating the company's tabloid phone hacking scandal.

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James Murdoch leaves parliament after giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in London, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

James Murdoch contradicted by his ex-legal manager

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:35am

LONDON — James Murdoch was under pressure Friday over claims he misled lawmakers about Britain's phone hacking scandal, as a lawmaker called for a police investigation and Prime Minister David Cameron insisted the media scion had "questions to answer" about what he knew and when he knew it.

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FILE - This is a Nov. 29, 2006 file photo shows Glenn Mulcaire the private investigator at the centre of Britain phone hacking scandal . News Corp. said Wednesday July 20, 2011 it had now terminated legal payments to Mulcaire a day after Murdoch told lawmakers in a special parliamentary committee hearing that he would try to find a way to stop the payments. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/PA, File)

News Corp ends legal fees for hacking investigator

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 4:24pm

LONDON — News Corp. says it has terminated legal payments to Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator implicated in the phone hacking scandal roiling Britain's establishment.

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Rupert Murdoch is driven away from News International headquarters in Wapping, east London, Friday July 15, 2011. Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's loyal lieutenant resigned as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers - the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal rocking Britain. As Brooks departed, James Murdoch signaled a new strategy for dealing with the storm which has knocked billions off the value of News Corp., scuttled its ambitions of taking full control of lucrative British Sky Broadcasting and radically changed the power balance between British politicians and the feared Murdoch press.(AP Photo/Lewis Whyld-pa)

Hacking scandal casts light on Murdoch's politics

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 9:34am

WASHINGTON — Rupert Murdoch is a political kingmaker in Britain and his native Australia. In the United States, he's best known for promoting conservative opinion through media properties like the Fox News Channel. And in China, he's primarily a businessman working to give his News Corp. empire a toehold in that country's tightly controlled media market.

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FILE -- Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, arrives at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, in this Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 file photo. Brooks has resigned from her position according to News International sources Friday July 15 2011, as the company reels from a series of crises. (AP Photo/Jon Super, file)

Embattled News Intl CEO Rebekah Brooks resigns

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 9:26am

LONDON — Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's loyal lieutenant, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal at a now-defunct Sunday tabloid.

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Members of the media gather outside News International's office in London, Wednesday, July 13, 2011. In a stunning retreat, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire dropped its bid Wednesday to take over full control of British Sky Broadcasting amid a political and legal firestorm over phone hacking at one of its British newspapers. Murdoch stepped back from making potentially his biggest, most lucrative acquisition, accepting that he could not win British government acceptance of the takeover since the country's major political parties had united against it.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)

Murdoch drops bid for British Sky Broadcasting

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 10:20am

LONDON -- In a stunning retreat, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire dropped its bid Wednesday to take over full control of British Sky Broadcasting amid a political and legal firestorm over phone hacking at one of its British newspapers.

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Police officers keep guard at Buckingham Palace in London, Monday, July 11, 2011. The British press has reported that emails given to police indicate that News International chiefs knew that phone hacking was more widespread than acknowledged and that police were being paid for information.The police position is difficult because of allegations that some of its officers received payoffs from News of the World journalists. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Police: Someone sabotaging UK newspaper inquiry

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 11, 2011 - 9:37am

LONDON -- British police said Monday that they believe someone is trying to sabotage its investigation into the widening phone hacking scandal by leaking distracting details of the inquiry to the media.

In an unusual statement, Scotland Yard said that a story that appeared on the front page of London's Evening Standard -- which claimed that police had sold personal details about the queen and her closest aides -- was "part of a deliberate campaign to undermine the investigation into the alleged payments by corrupt journalists to corrupt police officers and divert attention from elsewhere."

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ILE - In this April 13, 2010 file photo, Andy Coulson, formerly editor of the tabloid News of the World, and later David Cameron's director of communications, speaks on a mobile phone in London. London police on Friday, July 8, 2011, arrested Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who also served as the prime minister's former communications chief, in relation to Britain's tabloid phone-hacking scandal. London police said a 43-year-old man was arrested Friday morning over allegations of phone hacking and police bribery and was in custody at a London police station. They did not name him but offered the information when asked about Coulson. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff, Pool, file)

PM's ex-aide arrested in UK hacking scandal

Jim Lawless, Robert Barr The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 8, 2011 - 10:33am

LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief and an ex-royal reporter were arrested Friday in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal that has already toppled a major tabloid and rattled the cozy relationship between British politicians and the powerful Murdoch media empire.

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