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The joint venture, to be known as Penguin Random House, will be the leading publisher of English-language books but could late interest from Rupert Murdoch scupper the deal?
Latest reports say that Brooks received the pay-off after she resigned from News International last year.
The pair were arrested over the suspected bribery of a police officer.
News International sought to play down the development, saying it was “a corporate house-cleaning exercise” prior a planned company split.
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Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Mulcaire, who was jailed in 2007 for hacking phone messages, must reveal who ordered him to listen in on the voicemails.
Don’t hold back there, Rupes.
Newspaper business could be split into a separate company.
The inquiry into media ethics in the UK heard evidence from the British Prime Minister today as the close relationship between David Cameron and senior News International figures came under scrutiny.
The former British Prime Minister kicked off a week of senior political witnesses at the inquiry into British media ethics which also heard from current Chancellor George Osborne.
Former PMs Gordon Brown and John Major also lined up to appear at media ethics inquiry.
The tutorial happened at a lunch attended by Ulrika Johnson – who was teased by the tabloid editor about her relationship with the then English football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Rebekah and Charlie Brooks have been charged with perverting the course of justice for hindering investigations.
The 81-year-old tells Leveson: “I failed, and I’m sorry about it,” adding later: “We are now a new company altogether.”
News Corp chairman told British inquiry into media ethics that it’s a myth he or his papers carry serious political sway.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is under pressure to resign following testimony from James Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry yesterday. Rupert Murdoch appears before the media inquiry today.
The Leveson inquiry today heard evidence from one police investigator who said the former News International chief executive was targeted on a weekly basis.
The son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had been under considerable pressure over the ongoing phone hacking scandal.
The former editor of the Sun and the News of the World was lent the retired horse for two years by the Metropolitan Police.
The senior police officer leading the phone hacking probe gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics today.
The singer has settled her case against publishers of the now-defunct News of the World for £600k and a public apology.
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The paper has launched a Sunday edition less than year after News International shut down its Sunday tabloid, the News of The World.
A French photographer Remi Ochlik is also thought to have died in heavy shelling of a rebel stronghold in the city of Homs.
The new paper will fill the gap left when The News of the World closed last summer at the height of the hacking scandal.
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An email sent by Rupert Murdoch to staff at The Sun confirms that far from being closed, the paper will be turning seven-day.
A number of senior staff at The Sun have been arrested in recent weeks in connection with payments to public officials.
Alan Crosbie is chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, owners of 17 newspapers – he also said new media had capacity “to destroy civil society”.
Four current and former employees of The Sun and one police officer were arrested as part of the investigation into police bribery this morning.
Labour MP Tom Watson has made the claim today. News International has declined to comment.
News International admitted it paid a private investigator to hack phones and blag information about a number of high profile figures in the UK who received compensation yesterday.
Tabloid misbehaviour is an easy target for complaints – but popular news is essential to our society, writes John O’Sullivan.
The prime minister, his predecessor, and the opposition leader are all expected to be called, the London Times has reported.
The fledging tweeter, 80, is still only getting the hang of microblogging. He posts a link from his own app – which doesn’t work.
It appeared that Rupert Murdoch’s wife had joined him on the Twitter machine – but the account has been confirmed as a fake.
The CEO of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, appears to have joined Twitter – a verified account in his name was set up yesterday. But what has he been tweeting about?