Murdoch In Phone Hacking Scandal

• David Cameron's Former Aide Andy Coulson Jailed For 18 months in Phone Hacking Scandal

  Andy Coulson, a former top aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron, was jailed for 18 months on Friday for his role in the phone-hacking scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• Jury sworn in for Britain's phone-hacking trial

  A jury was sworn in today for Britain's phone-hacking trial, which is set to hear explosive evidence of the scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• Phone hacking trial begins in Britain

  The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opened today with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson in the dock.

• Britain phone hacking scandal: Rebekah Brooks pleads not guilty

  Rebekah Brooks, a former executive to Rupert Murdoch and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to charges of criminal behaviour during her time at two national tabloids.

• British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal

  A senior British counter-terrorism detective was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• British detective found guilty in hacking scandal

  A top counterterrorism detective was found guilty on Thursday of trying to sell information to a Rupert Murdoch tabloid, becoming the first person to be convicted on charges related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal since a police investigation was reopened in early 2011.

• Royal phone scandal highlights new media risks

  Back in 2007, as investigations were gathering strength into the UK phone hacking scandal involving journalists working under the umbrella of the Murdoch media empire, a comedy show based around prank telephone calls made a low-key debut in Britain.

• British Prime Minister's former media chief in court over phone hacking

  Andy Coulson, the former media chief of British Prime Minister David Cameron, appeared in court on Thursday charged with phone hacking while he was editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• UK phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, 6 others to be charged

  Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief and Rupert Murdoch's former UK newspaper boss are to be charged with phone-hacking offences in the most significant development in a scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment.

• Blair admits being too close to Murdoch

  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...

• Rebekah Brooks among six charged in UK phone-hacking case: Prosecutor

  Former Rupert Murdoch confidante Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie are to be charged with perverting the course of justice in Britain's phone-hacking scandal, they said in a statement Tuesday.

• UK lawmakers to give verdict on Murdochs

  Committee members have said that they were obstructed and put under surveillance by Murdoch's News Corp during their five year investigation into the hacking of the phones of celebrities, murder victims, politicians and soldiers for newspaper stories.

• Murdoch admits 'cover-up' in hacking scandal

  Rupert Murdoch admitted on Wednesday that there was a "cover-up" over phone hacking at Britain's News of the World tabloid but tried to shift the blame away from himself and senior executives at his media empire.

• Sun journalist held ahead of showdown for Murdochs

  British police arrested three people, including the royal editor of Rupert Murdoch's Sun tabloid, a source familiar with the situation said, in an escalation of a long-running phone hacking scandal which reaches into Britain's political establishment.

• James Murdoch quits as director of UK newspapers

  James Murdoch has resigned as a director of several British newspapers including The Sun and The Times, documents and sources said Wednesday, in the latest shake-up at his father Rupert's empire.