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Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has dismissed her criminal charges over the phone - hacking scandal as an «expensive sideshow».

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The big unveiling comes as many analysts are souring on the stock, either because of skepticism about the company's upcoming products, or because of fears that the recent hacking scandal could permanently damage the brand.

In an era when Mark Zuckerberg can be called on the carpet by Senate investigators because of possible wrongdoing by Facebook over the Russian hacking scandal — and at a time when researchers are actively examining whether social media is psychologically, maybe even physically addictive — revenge porn as a public policy issue is on the ascent.

Family ties frayed in 2012 when Rupert's daughter Elisabeth, who chairs London - based TV production company Shine Limited, spoke disapprovingly of News Corp.'s handling of the hacking scandal while delivering an address in Scotland known as the MacTaggart Lecture.

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

James Murdoch, the son of billionaire media mogul Rupert, is to return as the chairman of the U.K.'s biggest pay - TV company Sky Plc (skyay), four years after a phone - hacking scandal forced him out, regaining his grip on a group that now spans five European countries and is growing strongly.

LONDON (AP)-- Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, 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.

When perceived failures of a successor, such as the phone hacking scandal, are very public, they can be very hard for the successor to live down.

There were scandals such as the hacking and bankruptcy of Mt. Gox, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the world.

Although the introduction of the UK Bribery Act has no doubt improved the UK's ranking since 2010, recent events such as the phone hacking scandal have shown that there are still too many areas of corruption vulnerability in the UK public sector.

Other unhelpful stories such as the phone hacking scandal were dismissed as «codswallop» which had been «cooked up by the Labour party.»

Ofcom announced that is willing to intervene in Rupert Murdoch's attempt to gain control of BSkyB today, as the phone - hacking scandal threatened to inflict even more damage.

The highly unusual move comes amid mounting controversy over the phone - hacking scandal, with the prime minister criticised for going on a trade trip to South Africa as the Met commissioner resigned and Rebekah Brooks was arrested.

Mr Lewis is also calling for a full independent inquiry into the conduct of the British press as a result of the phone hacking scandal, in which News Corporation is heavily implicated.

Whatever the reason, the news will come as a further blow to Mr Murdoch, who has watched his global media empire come under attack on several fronts since the scandal over alleged phone - hacking at the News of the World hit the front pages.

«As the minister responsible for media policy in this country, it is disappointing that Jeremy Hunt has had so little to say on the phone hacking scandal,» Mr Lewis added.

The abandoned takeover bid will not end the phone - hacking scandal, however, as questions continue to be asked over whether Mr Murdoch is a «fit and proper» person to own a media outlet.

Rupert Murdoch's efforts to limit the damage of the phone - hacking scandal by closing down the News of the World appeared to have failed today, as the row deepened significantly.

Ed Miliband tried to muster residual anger over MPs» expenses and the banking crash as he sought to accelerate the momentum of the phone - hacking scandal in a speech later.

The coalition is enduring its worst approval ratings as the phone - hacking scandal continues - but Labour is struggling to capitalise.

The potentially damaging admission came two days after Mr Murdoch's son, James, quit as chairman of Sky News's parent BSkyB, in an attempt to limit the spread of the phone - hacking scandal that has already forced the closure of one of Rupert Murdoch's main British newspapers, News Of The World.

In July 2011, following the revelation that the News of the World had paid private investigators to hack into the phones of Milly Dowler, as well as the families of murder victims and deceased servicemen, Miliband called for News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to resign, urged David Cameron to establish a public, judge - led inquiry into the scandal, and announced that he would force a Commons vote on whether to block the News International bid for a controlling stake in BSkyB.

She confirmed media reports that he had sent her a consoling message after she was forced to resign from her job as chief executive of News International at the height of the phone - hacking scandal last year.

James Murdoch resigned as executive chairman of News International this afternoon, as the phone - hacking scandal claimed its most senior scalp yet.

Follow our live coverage of a historic day in parliament, as leading figures in the phone - hacking scandal face questions from MPs.

Last year the emerging phone - hacking scandal was simply too big to be contained as one entry in this chart, but this time around we've decided it can just about be crammed into a single judicial inquiry - sized box.

As the scandal started to unfold in early June, Weiner, who at the time was considered the odds - on favorite to be the next mayor, said the photo was not of him and that his Twitter account was hacked.

[20] Klein took over the investigation, with fellow director Viet D. Dinh, from News International UK Chief Executive, Rebekah Brooks, whose own involvement in the phone hacking scandal made her unable to continue as an impartial investigator.

The effect of the phone hacking scandal originating with the News of the World also raised wider questions about the ethics employed by companies under Murdoch's ownership, as well as the effects the scandal will have on the ethics employed specifically by print journalists and to some extent the wider world of journalism.

In the week of 22 August 2011, Wireless Generation, [154] a subsidiary of News Corporation, lost a no - bid contract with New York State to build an information system, for tracking student performance as a consequence of the News International phone hacking scandal.

He has not stepped down as chairman as News International, however, where there will still be pressure from shareholders for him to take a step back to limit the reputational damage from the phone - hacking scandal.

We get an incredibly high profile not just on phone hacking, we've done the BBC as well, I've got the chairman of the trust and the director general coming in and that's going to be a huge hearing as well... Because we have this power of summons, if there is a scandal, the great thing about a committee is that they can say «right I want every person who is involved in this in public, in front of this committee, answering why this has happened and what we're going to do about it».

However Roger Alton, a former editor of the Observer and the Independent, who recently retired as executive editor of the Times, accused critics of the news of «fighting interminable old battles» and argued the phone hacking scandal was «in the past».

Chris Bryant, who has personally clashed with Brooks in the past, condemned the apparent reappointment of Brooks as chief executive of News Corp's UK operations — a year after she was cleared of all charges related to the phone - hacking scandal.

The phone - hacking scandal that has engulfed British media and politics could be imported over the Atlantic as both U.S. Reps. Peter King and Louise Slaughter call for investigations in whether Rupert Murdoch's journalists tried to access voice mails of Sept. 11 victims.

The move to boost competition in the banking sector forms part of a broader set of proposals which Labour hopes will help Miliband position himself firmly on the side of reformers — as he did after the phone - hacking scandal.

Recent polls have shown the Labour lead over the Conservatives diminishing to as little as one per cent, down from a high during the phone - hacking scandal.

The development seems to corroborate the arguments of those who accuse the Met of dragging its feet over the phone - hacking scandal so as to preserve its relationship with the News of the World.

As the hacking scandal grows, Murdoch abandoned his $ 12 billion bid to take over the shares he doesn't already own in BSkyB.

The development comes as the phone - hacking scandal continues to wreak havoc in Westminster, prompting the resignation of Britain's most senior policemen and triggering a rare Commons committee appearance from Rupert Murdoch and his son James.

Having appointed tired hacks and arrogant ideologues to run city agencies, he wound up having to can a host of them as scandal and disaster struck.

Firstly comes the phone - hacking scandal, linked to the prime minister by his decision to hire News of the World's former editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications.

Three more top Democratic National Committee officials plan to leave the organization, including the chief executive and the finance head, as fallout from an email - hacking scandal further shook the party's leadership ranks.

The scandal spread to the royal family this morning as the BBC reported a royal protection officer had sold information to the News of the World, where phone - hacking is alleged to have been widespread.

In rejecting the $ 27 million deal, DiNapoli cited the phone hacking scandal that has shaken Murdoch's British newspaper empire — and Britain's government as well.

Stephenson was forced to resign as a result of the phone hacking scandal, and his connection to Neil Wallis, a former executive editor of the News of the World.

Indeed, there remain many voices in the party that want to boycott the paper as punishment for its coverage of the Hillsborough tragedy as well as the illegal phone - hacking scandal; and the party's strategy is clearly driven by these considerations.

Hinton, who after 52 years at the company is seen as a key Murdoch henchman, faces tough questions over whether he saw the report before he testified to a parliamentary committee that the phone hacking scandal was carried out by a «single rogue reporter».

However, he is right to support self - regulation and to say that the phone - hacking scandal should act as a catalyst for improvement and reform of the industry.

A 63 - year - old was arrested at an address in Surrey as former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was released on police bail after being quizzed for nine hours over allegations of corruption and the phone - hacking scandal that forced the closure of the 168 - year - old newspaper.