It comes after revelations that former News of the World executive editor Neil Wallis later became a communications consultant for police. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson – who leads London’s police and is the UK’s highest-ranking policeman – resigns. She is released on bail after questioning. JBrooks is arrested on charges of suspicion of corruption and conspiring to intercept communications. JRupert Murdoch apologizes to the British public with full-page advertisements in seven national newspapers. He was Brooks’ predecessor at News International. and publisher of The Wall Street Journal. JBrooks resigns as chief executive of News International, as Les Hinton resigns as head of the Dow Jones division of the News Group Corp. employees or associates hacked into the phones of 9/11 victims, a federal source says. JThe FBI launches an investigation into allegations that News Corp.
withdraws its bid to take over British satellite broadcaster BSkyB, as Prime Minister Cameron announces a wide-ranging public inquiry into the British media. JThe 168-year-old News of the World publishes its final edition with the headline “Thank you and goodbye.” Goodman, the paper’s former royal correspondent who served a four-month jail term in 2007, also is arrested on corruption allegations. JNews International announces that the July 10 edition of News of the World will be the paper’s last.
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JRupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., the parent company of News of the World owner News International, promises full cooperation with the investigation and calls the accusations against News of the World “deplorable and unacceptable.”
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JIt is reported that News of the World journalists possibly hacked into then-missing teenager Milly Dowler’s voicemail and deleted messages to free space, causing her parents to believe she was still alive. JanuLondon’s Metropolitan Police launches a new investigation into voicemail hacking allegations at NoW.ĪpNews of the World officially apologizes for hacking into voicemails from 2004 to 2006 and sets up a compensation system for unnamed victims. JanuCoulson resigns as Cameron’s spokesman because of coverage of the phone-hacking scandal. September 2010 - Former NoW journalist Sean Hoare alleges that phone hacking was a common practice at the paper and encouraged by Coulson. March 2010 - Celebrity public relations agent Max Clifford agrees to drop his lawsuit against News of the World for a payment of more than £1 million ($1.6 million). November 2009 - Britain’s Press Complaints Commission releases a report concluding that there is no evidence of continued phone hacking. June 2008 - News Group Newspapers pays a £700,000 (nearly $1.13 million) settlement to soccer executive Gordon Taylor, whose phone was hacked by Mulcaire. Goodman receives £80,000 (currently $129,190), and Mulcaire receives an undisclosed amount.Ĭoulson is hired as director of communications for Conservative party leader David Cameron, who becomes UK prime minister in May 2010. July 2007 - Goodman and Mulcaire sue the tabloid for wrongful dismissal. Andy Coulson, the paper’s editor, insists he is unaware of hacking but still resigns. January 2007 - NoW royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire are convicted of conspiracy to hack into phone voicemails of royals and are jailed. The Press Complaints Commission says it found no evidence of phone hacking at NoW.
November 2005 - News of the World (NoW) prints a story about Britain’s Prince William injuring his knee, prompting royal officials to complain to police about probable voicemail hacking.Īugust 2006 - Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire are arrested for illegal phone hacking. It also led to a wide-ranging inquiry into press standards by Lord Leveson.
The scandal forced the closure of Britain’s top-selling paper, the News of the World, resulted in the withdrawal of his bid for the satellite broadcaster BSkyB, and led to criminal charges being laid against former senior News International figures, including his trusted UK chief executive Rebekah Brooks. Accusations that journalists at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers hacked into the phones of politicians, celebrities and unwitting people caught up in the news – including child murder victims – rocked the country and severely bruised his reputation.
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