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Committee calls Les Hinton to give phone hacking evidence
Les Hinton, a former News International chairman has been called to give evidence before MPs investigating phone hacking
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13/09/11MPs recall James Murdoch over phone-hacking evidence
Select committee recalls News International chairman James Murdoch to give phone hacking evidence, who says he is happy to answer any further questions
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13/09/11Australia to hold media inquiry after UK phone hacking
Communications minister says inquiry will not be 'an attack on News Ltd', News Corporation's Australian publishing arm
Posted by Joel Gunter on 13/09/11TUC: Unions vote unanimously for 'conscience clause'
Unions at the TUC conference in London have backed calls from the NUJ for a new legal clause to protect journalists who stand up against unethical practices
Posted by Joel Gunter on 12/09/11Phone hacking: Times sports journalist arrested
A 35-year-old man arrested yesterday is reported to be Times deputy sports editor and former Evening Standard journalist Raoul Simons
Posted by Joel Gunter on 08/09/11Guardian reporter questioned over alleged hacking leak
Amelia Hill, who has worked closely on the newspaper's phone hacking coverage, questioned under caution over an alleged leak from the Met police's Operation Weeting team
Posted by Joel Gunter on 07/09/11Phone hacking: detectives make 16th arrest
Officers investigating phone hacking at the News of the World arrested a 35-year-old man at his home in the early hours of this morning
Posted by Joel Gunter on 07/09/11Evidence 'unclear and contradictory', says News International
James Murdoch issues statement to say he stands by his testimony that he was not made aware of the email which suggested wrongdoing was more widespread
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 06/09/11Myler and Crone deny involvement in hacking cover-up
Former legal manager Tom Crone and former News of the World editor Colin Myler deny allegations of a cover up, claiming they made the 'seriousness' of new information clear to James Murdoch
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 06/09/11News International to cut 110 jobs
Internal email also reveals publisher of the News of the World has made just 23 positions available to staff left without a job when the tabloid was closed in July
Posted by Joel Gunter on 06/09/11Phone hacking: NI executives defend 'narrow' HR inquiry
News International's former director of legal affairs and the company's former group HR director defend their inquiry into News of the World journalist Clive Goodman's employment appeal
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 06/09/11Phone hacking: Former NI executives to face MPs
Four former News International executives, including former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former legal manager Tom Crone, will give evidence to culture, media and sport select committee
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 06/09/11Coulson will not face parliamentary standards inquiry
Former Downing Street spin chief will not be investigated by standards commissioner over failure to declare News International severance payments on Commons register
Posted by Joel Gunter on 06/09/11Phone hacking inquiry: first hearing announced
Lord Justice Leveson to hear applications for 'core participant status' in the phone hacking inquiry, which would grant right to legal representation
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 02/09/11Phone hacking: 30-year-old man arrested
Unnamed man arrested by officers from the Met police's Operation Weeting team in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice
Posted by Joel Gunter on 02/09/11Electoral Commission will not investigate Coulson payments
The political watchdog has said it found no evidence that undeclared News International severance payments to Andy Coulson broke electoral law
Posted by Joel Gunter on 31/08/11MP calls for Electoral Commission inquiry into Coulson
Labour MP Tom Watson asks Electoral Commission whether alleged undeclared payments and benefits provided to Andy Coulson by News International could amount to an illegal political donation
Posted by Joel Gunter on 23/08/11Andy Coulson 'paid by News Int while working for Tories'
Former News of the World editor was paid severance by News International after joining the Conservative Party, according to reports
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Riots and phone hacking coverage shortlisted for RTS awards
Al Jazeera English, the BBC News Channel and Sky News will do battle for the title of news channel of the year at this year's RTS journalism awards later this month.
Posted by Paul McNally on 8 February 2012Met to apologise for failing to warn phone-hack victims
The Metropolitan police is to apologise to some of the victims of phone hacking for failing to inform them, during its initial investigation in 2006 and 2007.
Posted by Paul McNally on 7 February 2012Financial Times: Sunday version of the Sun on hold due to arrests
The FT reports that News International's plans for a Sunday newspaper to replace the News of the World have been put on hold due to weekend arrests
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 31 January 2012Press Gazette: Neville Thurlbeck tells his part in 'Jacobean revenge drama' of hacking
Neville Thurlbeck, the former chief reporter at the News of the World, has penned a first person account for Press Gazette of his part in the phone-hacking saga
Posted by Joel Gunter on 16 November 2011#soe11: Editors of the Mirror and Times on phone-hacking coverage
'We didn't think our readers were interested in phone-hacking coverage - and frankly they weren't' Mirror editor tells Society of Editors conference
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 November 2011Guardian: Number of possible phone hacking victims close to 5,800, say police
The number of possible phone hacking victims is now close to 5,800, the Met police have confirmed. This is 2,000 more than previously stated by the force. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: It is not possible to give a precise figure about the number of people whose phones have actually been hacked but we [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 4 November 2011#aopsummit catch-up: Journalism ethics and the BBC's Olympics coverage
We were not able to make it along to the AOP’s digital publishing summit earlier this month, but the Association has helpfully uploaded some coverage from the event. This includes a video published today from a session that looked at a range of topical issues at the moment: “hack gate, public interest, privacy vs openness, [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25 October 2011Phone hacking: Follow Les Hinton's evidence to MPs
Former News International and Dow Jones chief executive Les Hinton is giving evidence to MPs on the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee this afternoon. You can follow his appearance, which he is making via video link from New York, here on Parliament TV.
Posted by Joel Gunter on 24 October 2011#wef11: 'News industry is in the vortex of a fast changing world'
WAN-IFRA's new president calls for self regulation of the press to maintained in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 October 2011Leveson inquiry: Seminar dates announced as publishers express concern over panel
The Guardian reports one concerns raised by newspaper groups, including Associated Newspapers, Trinity Mirror, the Newspaper Publishers' Association and Guardian News & Media
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28 September 2011Financial Times: James Murdoch's spokesperson resigned amid phone-hacking scandal
The Financial Times has reported that “one of James Murdoch’s closest advisers” has resigned. Alice Macandrew was Murdoch’s spokesperson but reportedly handed her notice in back in July. She becomes one of the first senior executives to quit News Corp voluntarily over disagreements with the company’s approach, which saw the publisher contest phone-hacking lawsuits brought [...]
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 27 September 2011Metropolitan Police statement on dropped action against Guardian
The full statement from the Metropolitan Police service after its decision not to pursue its application for a court order against the Guardian and one of its reporters
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21 September 2011Milly Dowler phone hacking settlement reaches more than £1m, say reports
News outlets report that the family of Milly Dowler has been offered a multi-million pound settlement by News International
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 September 2011Leveson inquiry: full list of core particpants
The full list of those designated as core participants in the first part of the Leveson inquiry into the press
Posted by Joel Gunter on 14 September 2011Independent: News International 'on course to pay any damages against Glenn Mulcaire'
According to the Independent it has obtained a previously protected High Court document which shows that News International "has not cut its financial ties" with Glenn Mulcaire, despite an announcement by the media company that it would stop paying his legal fees
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 September 2011MediaGuardian: Les Hinton stands by past phone hacking evidence
MediaGuardian reports former executive of News International is standing by past phone hacking evidence
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 September 2011Telegraph: James and Rupert Murdoch to be questioned under oath
The Telegraph reports that James and Rupert Murdoch are to be questioned under oath in the High Court as part of the Lord Leveson inquiry into phone hacking According to the paper's report Lord Leveson is also "keen" for the inquiry to be broadcast live
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 30 August 2011'I knew they'd never get the lid back on': Tom Watson talks to the Guardian about phone hacking
Labour MP Tom Watson has spoken to the Guardian's John Harris about his role in uncovering the phone-hacking scandal, the mountains of paperwork and lack of sleep that followed the news that Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked
Posted by Sarah Booker on 3 August 2011Daily Mirror publisher faces 'three to four' phone-hacking cases, says lawyer
Allegations are mounting concerning the Mirror and phone hacking, says lawyer Mark Lewis
Posted by Joel Gunter on 1 August 2011Greenslade: Phone hacking book deals already signed
Guardian journalist Nick Davies has signed book deal on phone hacking, according to Roy Greenslade
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Leveson inquiry: Brooks denied core participant status
Lord Leveson announces those granted core participant status in the first part of his media inquiry, but declines application from former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14/09/11