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Special Report | Murdoch Meltdown, News Corp Implosion: Week of January 29

Sun, 01/29/2012 - 09:31 — Dave Culver
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3 Items including:

  • British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe
  • Murdoch's media company agrees to pay damages to Jude Law, 35 other phone hacking victims
  • Reporter: Tabloid agenda driven by sensationalism

David Culver, Ed., Evergreene Digest

RJ Matson

British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe, Jill Lawless, Associated Press / Huffington Post

  • The investigation into whether reporters illegally paid police for information is running parallel to a police inquiry into phone hacking by Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World.
  • Murdoch's media company agrees to pay damages to Jude Law, 35 other phone hacking victims

Murdoch's media company agrees to pay damages to Jude Law, 35 other phone hacking victims, Jill Lawless, Associated Press / Canadian Business

  • In a statement, Law said Murdoch's tabloids had been "prepared to do anything to sell their newspapers and to make money, irrespective of the impact it had on people's lives."
  • Reporter: Tabloid agenda driven by sensationalism

Reporter: Tabloid agenda driven by sensationalism, Jill Lawless, Associated Press / Seattle Post Intelligencer
Former spin doctor slams 'putrid' British press
 

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