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For anyone who think the phone-hacking scandal represents a new low for the British media, here’s a reminder that other people have had it much, much worse.
We think of Rupert Murdoch as a newspaper man who got into television. But in America he already makes more money from television. It is starting to look possible that could he end his career in Britain without owning a newspaper any longer. For as this crisis unfolds he could easily conclude that UK newspapers just aren’t worth it anymore. He is, at the end of the day, a businessman.
Gary Gibbon
As the News International hacking allegations reach wider, the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says police have told him that they believe his bank accounts were illegally accessed by the Sunday Times while he was Chancellor.
The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler has called on former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks to resign from her post as chief executive of News International.
As the News of the World closure fails to quell the phone-hacking controversy at Rupert Murdoch’s News International, Channel 4 News looks at some of the oustanding questions.
Rebekah Brooks, the News International chief executive, is expected to be interviewed by police investigating the phone-hacking and bribery scandal at the News of the World, according to reports.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been told by police that his bank accounts and his son’s medical records may have been illegally accessed by News International newspapers.
The latest updates from Channel 4 News as the phone-hacking scandal engulfing News International continues as fresh allegations come to light. Join the debate with #c4news.
Rupert Murdoch’s biographer tells Channel 4 News the tycoon “is in more trouble than he has ever been in” and questions News Corp’s entire future after another dramatic day in the phone-hack crisis.
Sales of the final edition of the News of the World jump 30 per cent as the Sunday tabloid apologises, telling its readers: “Quite simply we lost our way”.
News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is expected to arrive in London to take charge of the growing crisis at News of the World, amid calls for a judge to lead an inquiry into the scandal.
News of the World editor Colin Myler tells staff they have made “enormous sacrifices” for their parent company News Corporation, as they prepare the tabloid’s last edition.
News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks tells staff at the News of the World the company will try to find them new jobs as the tabloid goes to the press for the last time this weekend.
As Downing Street, the Met police and News International reel from the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, Channel 4 News asks if people power helped “keep the story alive”.
David Cameron addresses a press conference in the wake of the decision to close the News of the World, telling journalists he would have accepted Rebekah Brooks’s resignation.