Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper wing and a key figure in the phone hacking crisis, is to face criminal charges over the scandal, it was announced Tuesday. The Crown Prosecution Service said that Brooks "conspired with her husband, Charles ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person" to exercise stewardship of a major international company, a committee of MPs has concluded, in a report highly critical of the mogul and his son James's role in the News of the World phone-hacking affair. The Commons culture, media and sport ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

British police made six arrests early Tuesday in the British media's phone hacking scandal, including Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International, The Associated Press has learned. Police did not identify those arrested, but a person who had ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018