Leveson Inquiry

The man who led the inquiry into Britain's phone-hacking scandal has warned that bloggers and tweeters should be subject to the same laws as traditional media outlets to prevent a decline in standards of journalism.

Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press on Thursday, risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the sometimes outrageous conduct of newspapers.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he had deep concerns about proposals by a judge-led inquiry for new laws to underpin a tougher newspaper watchdog.

Britain needs a new independent media regulator to eliminate a subculture of unethical behavior that infected segments of the country's press, a senior judge said on Thursday at the end of a yearlong inquiry into newspaper wrongdoing.

Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the country's unruly tabloids.

British Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before Britain's press-ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...

Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure favourable coverage during his decade-long tenure as British prime minister will come under scrutiny when he faces a media inquiry on Monday.

News Corp eventually dropped its $12 billion bid for the highly profitable BSkyB as public opposition to Murdoch made it untenable.

A former News of the World journalist Tuesday told Britain's phone-hacking inquiry the practice was "perfectly acceptable", while a reporter who helped reveal the scandal accused some media of bullying. On a day when the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics switched its focus from alleged victims of hacking to journalists, the probe heard tabloid jour...

The man who led the inquiry into Britain's phone-hacking scandal has warned that bloggers and tweeters should be subject to the same laws as traditional media outlets to prevent a decline in standards of journalism.

Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press on Thursday, risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the sometimes outrageous conduct of newspapers.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he had deep concerns about proposals by a judge-led inquiry for new laws to underpin a tougher newspaper watchdog.

Britain needs a new independent media regulator to eliminate a subculture of unethical behavior that infected segments of the country's press, a senior judge said on Thursday at the end of a yearlong inquiry into newspaper wrongdoing.

Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the country's unruly tabloids.

British Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before Britain's press-ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...

Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure favourable coverage during his decade-long tenure as British prime minister will come under scrutiny when he faces a media inquiry on Monday.

News Corp eventually dropped its $12 billion bid for the highly profitable BSkyB as public opposition to Murdoch made it untenable.

A former News of the World journalist Tuesday told Britain's phone-hacking inquiry the practice was "perfectly acceptable", while a reporter who helped reveal the scandal accused some media of bullying. On a day when the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics switched its focus from alleged victims of hacking to journalists, the probe heard tabloid jour...