Mark Thomson

News Corp. Phone-Hacking Victims Can’t Get More Evidence

News Corp.’s British publishing unit won a court ruling to avoid giving victims of its tabloid phone- hacking scandal swathes of new internal e-mail and other evidence ahead of a civil trial scheduled to start next year.

Hugh Grant Sues News Corp. Over Phone Hacking by Tabloid

Hugh Grant, the British actor who told a media-ethics inquiry the press had become “toxic” in its pursuit of celebrity gossip, sued News Corp.’s U.K. unit over claims its News of the World tabloid hacked his phone.

News Corp. Sued by Pop Singer’s Priest Over Phone Hacking

News Corp.’s U.K. unit was sued by a Welsh priest whose mobile-phone voice mail was intercepted by the News of the World tabloid to get scoops about one of his parishioners, the British pop star Charlotte Church.

News Corp. Story Kept Alive by ‘Gallimaufry’ of Actors, Lawyers

Actor Hugh Grant and former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott attended a dinner to honor Nick Davies, the Guardian newspaper reporter who in July 2009 broke the first story that phone hacking at News Corp.’s News of the World newspaper might extend beyond a “rogue” reporter.

Hugh Grant Sues London Police After Taping Reporter’s Phone-Hacking Claims

British actor Hugh Grant, the star of the romantic comedy “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” sued London’s Metropolitan Police, two months after he said he taped a former tabloid journalist saying phone hacking was widespread.

News Corp. Hacked Priest’s Phone for Pop Star Story, Lawyer Says

News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid hacked into a priest’s voice-mail messages to get scoops about British pop star Charlotte Church and her family, according to a witness statement described in court.

News Corp. Phone-Hacking Victims Plan to File U.S. Suit Against Directors

News Corp. directors will be sued in the U.S. by victims of phone hacking by reporters at the News of the World tabloid, a lawyer said.

Sienna Miller Receives News Corp. Apology Over $165,000 Phone Hacking Case

News Corp. ’s U.K. unit apologized to actress Sienna Miller as part of a 100,000-pound ($165,000) settlement of a case over hacking into her mobile-phone voice mails for stories.

Murdoch Newspaper Suspends Editor After Miller Phone-Hack Case

News Corp.’s News of the World newspaper suspended an assistant editor over claims he approved hacking into the voice mail of phones belonging to actress Sienna Miller .

"It's the civil actions that have led the way and have brought us to where we are."

- Mark Thomson on Aug 04, 2011

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