Liveblogging News Corp Hacking Scandal

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July 18, 2011

Latest (11am ET)

Great spoof video: Hackgate The Movie h/t @Counterparties

(10am ET)

BBC business editor Robert Peston : “News Corporation is institutionalising the process of dealing with the police and cleaning up its UK operations by lifting its management standards committee out of its UK arm, News International. The committee will now become part of News Corporation and will report to a News Corp director, Joel Klein.”

2010 video of Boris Johnson calling phone hacking story “codswallop cooked up by the Labour party” - h/t @RobertMackey

Rupert Murdoch gave Rebekah Brooks a $5.6 million severance package : Glynnis MacNicol, Business Insider

(9am ET)

Met police statement on John Yates:

“The MPA’s Professional Standards Cases Sub-committee met today. The committee considered allegations concerning Assistant Commissioner John Yates and after lengthy and careful deliberations decided to suspend the Assistant Commissioner. Suspension is not a disciplinary sanction and it is emphasised that suspension should not be taken as a presumption of guilt. Assistant Commissioner Yates has been informed of this decision. A number of matters have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, including one involving Assistant Commissioner Yates…It is not our practice to release details about ongoing investigations.”

LIVE VIDEO: London mayor Boris Johnson answering questions on Met police and hacking investigation

Second top police official resigns amid hacking scandal : Keith Weir, Reuters

(1:30am ET)

The worst is yet to come for Murdoch : Michael Pascoe, The Age

News Corp shares tumble as hacking scandal deepens : Victoria Thieberger, Reuters

July 17, 2011

(11pm ET)

Interview with the News International’s director of corporate affairs 

The Murdoch media game changer : Stephen Mayne, ABC

(10pm ET)

News America Marketing’s $655 million payout over corporate espionage charges : David Carr, New York Times

Rupert Murdoch peer: “He’s dead money” : Jonny L. Roberts, The Wrap

What’s next for News Corp and its worlds : Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine

(8pm ET)

Rebekah Brooks released on bail : Brenda Goh, Kate Holton and Michael Roddy, Reuters

Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones seek to distance themselves from actions of News of the World and News International : WSJ

(5pm ET)

Dow Jones Panel concerned about hacking scandal : Liana B. Baker and Jennifer Saba, Reuters

New York Times correspondence with Scotland Yard denying information requests : New York Times

(3pm ET)

Top police chief resigns over phone hacking : Mohammed Abbas, Reuters

• Related : Possible replacements for metropolitan police chief : Guardian
• Related : Met police put pressure on Guardian over coverage : Guardian

(2pm ET)

Metropolitan police chief Stephenson resigns : Official statement

(12pm ET)

Labour MP Chris Bryant, who led a recent House of Commons debate on phone hacking, questioned whether her arrest was a “ruse” ahead of the committee hearing : Channel 4 

(11am ET)

Video : Dowler Lawyer Mark Lewis : “The timing of Rebekah Brooks’ arrest stinks”

Rebekah Brooks may not appear at a British parliamentary hearing next week following her arrest : Mohammad Abbas, Reuters 

(10am ET)

Rebekah Brooks arrested : Mohammad Abbas, Reuters

• Related : How Brooks Arrest Will Effect Evidence to Parliament : Sean Dilley
• Brooks wasn’t aware she’d be arrested when she came in for questioning : Richard Allen Greene

Analysis: News Corporation reaches its make or break conclusion : Peter Kirwan, Wired

(6am ET)

NewsInt ad, in today’s Sunday Times (via @fieldproducer)

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(4:30am ET)

My Time Undercover at News of the World : Ben Myers, Vice

Met police chief Dick Fedorcio will face Home Affairs committee on Tuesday, July 19th : Parliament.uk 

Parliment member who will lead inquiry has ties to Murdoch aide Les Hinton, Elisabeth Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks - Jane Merrick, Brian Brady, James Hanning and Andy McCorkell, Independent

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July 16, 2011

(5pm ET)

Labour Leader Ed Miliband : Rupert Murdoch’s Empire Must Be Dismantled : Toby Helm, Jamie Doward and Daniel Boffey, Guardian

Phone hacking: Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson faces questions of health spa stay : Telegraph

(4pm ET)

Scotland Yard held evidence, didn’t actively pursue News of the World : Don Van Natta, New York Times

Rebekah Brooks in line for 3.5 million pound payout : James Chapman, Daily Mail

• Related : Departing News Corp Executives Will Get Millions from Murdoch : The Atlantic, Ujalah Sehgal

Elisabeth Murdoch alledged to say her brother James and Rebekah Brooks “fucked the company” : Jamie Doward and Lisa O’Carroll, Guardian

• Related : Murdochs in family fallout over crisis : Jamie Doward and Lisa O’Carroll, Guardian

Reuters Special Report: Inside Rebekah Brooks’ News of the World : Georgina Prodhan and Kate Holton, Reuters

Murdoch Reporters Report on Murdoch : Robert Mackey, The Lede

Murdochs fight to stay afloat in US as sharks circle News Corp : Paul Harris, Guardian

Previously

News Corp Hires Law Firm Williams & Connolly  : New York Times

Murdoch Runs “I’m Sorry” Ads : Slatest

Timeline of News of the World scandal : CNN

Murdoch Apologizes to Family of Murdered Schoolgirl Whose Phone News of the World Hacked : New York Daily News

Saudi Invested Suggested Brooks Had to Go : The Lede

Coulson visited Cameron After Quitting Government Job : Matt Falloon and Keith Weir, Reuters

Lawyers and PR experts drill Rupert Murdoch before parliamentary grilling : Daniel Boffey, Guardian

Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals and Beyond : Don Van Natta Jr, Jo Becker, and Graham Bowley, New York Times

Met Police Put Pressure on Guardian over Coverage : Vikram Dodd, Guardian

Is Piers Morgan connected to phone hacking scandal? : Lucas Shaw, Reuters

CNN keeping mum about Piers Morgan hacking allegations : D.M. Levine, Ad Week

Piers Morgan comments regarding Rupert Murdoch : AP

Interesting exchange between News Corp shareholder and Rupert Murdoch regarding phone hacking on October 15, 2010 : Mayne Report

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How Twitter Tracked the News of the World Scandal : Guardian

Interactive timeline of the hacking scandal : New York Times

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Rupert Murdoch appears on the cover of Time magazine for the third time, after his News International papers are embroiled in a scandal that led him to withdraw his company’s bid for the remaining shares of British Sky Broadcasting.