Topic - Rupert Murdoch

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  South Korean troops began a live-fire artillery exercise Monday near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea, despite the North's threats of retaliation, officials said.

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  Rupert Murdoch: No defense for tabloid wrongdoers

  News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch on Friday told staff at his scandal-hit British tabloid the Sun that executives will continue to give police any evidence of wrongdoing and won't protect reporters found to have broken the law.

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  U.K. official: Press must face tougher penalties

  Britain's government minister responsible for the media said Sunday the country's press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal.

• Britain's media ethics inquiry: the story so far

  J.K. Rowling described how press intrusion made her feel like a hostage, Hugh Grant traded insults with a newspaper editor and a former tabloid reporter insisted that only evildoers had any need of privacy.

• Heather Mills says McCartney calls were hacked

  She squared off against former Beatle Paul McCartney in divorce court; on Thursday, Heather Mills took on Piers Morgan at Britain's media ethics inquiry.

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  Murdoch's firm settles 9 phone hacking lawsuits

  Nine more phone hacking lawsuits against Rupert Murdoch's News International have been settled, including a case brought by comedian Steve Coogan, his lawyer told Britain's High Court on Wednesday.

• Rupert Murdoch's company agrees to pay damages

  Rupert Murdoch's media company has agreed to pay damages to 18 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

• Murdoch company to pay hacking damages in 36 cases

  Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

• Murdoch's company agrees to pay hacking damages

  Rupert Murdoch's media company has agreed to pay damages to 19 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

• Murdoch company settles for $200,000 with Jude Law

  Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company has agreed to pay actor Jude Law 130,000 pounds (about $200,000) to settle claims against the News of the World and The Sun tabloids.

• Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages

  Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company has agreed to pay damages to 37 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole, a friend of Prince William's and former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

• Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hacking

  Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people _ including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer _ who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press.

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  Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hacking

  Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts Thursday to 37 people — including a movie star, a soccer player, a top British politician and the son of a serial killer — who were harassed and phone-hacked by his tabloid press.

• Celeb magazine editors speak at UK ethics inquiry

  After weeks examining the illicit and underhanded practices of sensation-hungry press, Britain's media ethics inquiry shifted its gaze Wednesday to celebrity magazine editors, who painted a kinder, gentler picture of their trade.

• UK tabloid editors describe lax standards

  A former tabloid newspaper editor told Britain's media ethics inquiry Thursday that he published an inflammatory story about the parents of a missing girl because he thought there was a possibility the story could be true.

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