James Murdoch’s political ties face scrutiny

April 23rd, 2012 - 

LONDON (Reuters) – James Murdoch will be quizzed on Tuesday about his closeness to British political leaders, as a public inquiry prompted by the phone-hacking scandal at his father’s newspaper empire delves into the relationship between politicians and the media.

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Charlotte Church wins $951,400 hacking damages (Reuters)

February 27th, 2012 - 

Reuters – Singer Charlotte Church and her parents settled her phone-hacking damages action against the publishers of the now defunct News of the World for 600,000 pounds ($951,400) at the High Court on Monday.

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Charlie Sheen reflects on the past year’s lessons (Reuters)

January 9th, 2012 - 

Reuters – “It got unwieldy the other night when my tweet master put my phone number on the Internet,” Charlie Sheen says. “Wow

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Elle Macpherson’s adviser: Hacking cost me my job (AP)

November 22nd, 2011 - 

AP – Elle Macpherson fired her business adviser for leaking secrets when journalists were actually getting juicy details about the supermodel by hacking into her phone, the former aide told a British inquiry into media ethics Tuesday.

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