Tag Archives: Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch Calls British Hacking Victims ‘Scumbag Celebrities’

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on October 18th, 2012

Rupert Murdoch attending an immigration conference in Boston yesterday. (Josh Reynolds/AP Images)

Who needs News of the World when you have Twitter?

Perhaps that’s the way Rupert Murdoch looks at things, since the hacking scandal forced his company News International to close the British tabloid last year.

Royal Roundup: Murdoch Tabloid Hired Private Eye to Spy on William

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on November 8th, 2011

The News of the World hired a former policeman to covertly track more than 100 people, including Prince William and others connected to the royal family.

FBI Investigating Alleged Hacking of Jude Law’s Cell Phone

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on July 22nd, 2011

Actor Jude Law‘s accusation that the News of the World hacked his cell phone is, on its face, similar to the thousands of other alleged privacy violations that have emerged throughout the ongoing hacking scandal.

LIVE: Commons Debate on Phone-Hacking Rages on After Cameron Speaks

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 20th, 2011

Yesterday, Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks faced both tough questions and shaving cream-wielding assailants.

WATCH: Rupert Murdoch ‘Attacked’ With Shaving Foam During Hearing

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on July 19th, 2011

There's a quite gripping drama happening across the pond, and it's not written by Steven Moffat.

Today’s UK Twitter Trends (Apr. 13): ‘Bugger Bugged’ by Hugh Grant

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on April 13th, 2011

Hugh Grant is trending on Twitter in the UK today not because of a film role but because of the role he played in turning the tables on a former tabloid reporter in the current scandal over celebrity phone hacking.