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«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 topic shed light on the phone hacking scandals that occurred last summer, shaking both media and consumers alike, and culminating with the closure of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

Featuring Andy Burnham MP and a discussion on the phone hacking scandal in our «Labour After Murdoch» event featuring David Blunkett and Sadiq Khan MP.

[286] The approach was also criticised by Stephen B. Shepard, dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, who commenting on the phone hacking scandal, said: «It's wrong.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

He did score some direct hits on the opposition during the phone - hacking scandal but some within the party believe he should have done more damage to a weakened Cameron.

Mr Fedorcio had gone on extended leave last August after the phone - hacking scandal broke and commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned.

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.

That may have been a blessing, with Bryant instead enjoying a high profile stint on the culture select committee which saw him at the forefront of the battle with News International during the phone hacking scandal.

Pressure on the Murdochs over the phone - hacking scandal is unlikely to abate after forcing the resignation of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and the closure of the News of the World tabloid earlier this year.

What they agreed on, what they argued over, and what happens next: politics.co.uk picks over the bones of today's report by MPs into the phone - hacking scandal.

But it did not have the same impact on British public life that the phone - hacking scandal is having, and will have, on the country in which we all live - and read about - every day.

10:19 - To drum up on things a little, here's our damage report from after the first phase of the phone - hacking scandal, looking at the main players and how they were affected.

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.

He was personally appointed by Mr Cameron, and if he is drawn into the phone - hacking scandal, it will reflect badly on the Prime Minister's reputation.

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On 2 October 2012, two individuals associated with the earliest investigations (1999) into the phone hacking scandal were arrested.

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.

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».

Redoubtable Labour Member Chris Bryant managed to secure an emergency debate in the Commons yesterday, following Prime Minister's Questions and a statement by the Prime Minister on the situation in Afghanistan, to discuss the News of the World phone - hacking scandal.

The West Bromwich East MP's relentless investigation into phone - hacking put him in prime position when the scandal blew up, but his reputation was really cemented when he questioned James and Rupert Murdoch on the media select committee.

Miliband, whose leadership may have been rescued from the brink by the phone - hacking scandal, revelled in Cameron's decision to take on former News of the World editor Andy Coulson.

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.

Labour stepped up its attack on David Cameron for employing Andy Coulson today, amid signs the phone - hacking scandal is spiralling out of control.

David Cameron, determined to defuse the phone - hacking scandal, believes getting politicians to gang up on journalists will save his skin.

Of course, implementing the recommendations made by Lord Justice Leveson on the future of media regulation, following the phone hacking scandals, would always be controversial for the press.

The phone - hacking scandal has had an impact on Labour leader Ed Miliband's standing, however.

On the regular trackers Ed Miliband's ratings continue to rise — his net approval rating is now up to minus 15 (from minus 21 a week ago, and minus 34 before the phone - hacking scandal went nuclear).

William Hague, the foreign secretary, was also asked about the phone - hacking trial on Sunday, telling the same programme that the exposure of the scandal had led to a «greater distance now between politicians and the press».

On Tuesday, the Commons Culture Committee invited Ms Brooks and the Murdochs to give evidence about the phone - hacking scandal at the House of Commons.

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.

James Murdoch and News Corp could face corporate legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic that involve criminal charges, fines and forfeiture of assets as the escalating phone - hacking scandal risks damaging his chances of taking control of Rupert Murdoch's US - based media empire.

On 18 July 2011, it was announced that Elizabeth Filkin would lead an inquiry related to the News International phone hacking scandal which would «recommend changes to links between the police and the media, including how to extend transparency.»

THE News of the World phone - hacking scandal seems so modern, an unsettling reminder that many of our most intimate secrets are held in email and voicemail messages stored on computers scattered around the world (see «Newspaper phone - hacking scandal goes beyond voicemail «-RRB-.

«Who Knows» speaks both to the context of 21st century surveillance (from the Snowden revelations to the ubiquity of CCTV cameras in urban space) as well to the cultures of gossip, scandal seeking, phone hacking and to the playful and flirtatious eye that people keep on each other through social media.

The scandal blew open again on Wednesday after the News of the World announced that Ian Edmondson, the paper's assistant editor (news), had been «suspended from active duties» before Christmas following a «serious allegation» that he was involved in phone hacking.