The consequences of the British eavesdropping scandal

execute one as a warning/deterrent to a hundred

As the snowball of "tapping the door" gets bigger and bigger, the News of the World, Britain's best-selling weekend tabloid, has to say goodbye to its readers. The front page of the last issue of the newspaper reads: "Thank you, goodbye."

The News of the World is closed.

The last issue of the newspaper, News of the World No.8674, also wrote: After experiencing the history of 168, we bid farewell to 7.5 million loyal readers sadly but proudly; The best newspaper in the world1843 ~ 2011; We record history and make history ... but we didn't inform or clarify the "eavesdropping door" incident that caused the newspaper to stop publishing, and the related events such as buying information from the police.

Now, the British media are beginning to worry that the police investigation will not stop at the News of the World, and the relationship between politicians and the media is also facing new scrutiny. This kind of introspection has also risen to the government level. British Prime Minister David Cameron admits that British politicians are too close to some tabloids, and he also calls for a new media supervision system.

The last issue of the News of the World quoted Orwell, a British writer, as saying, "Put your feet on the sofa, put your glasses on your nose, and then open the News of the World".

And next to Orwell's words, there is a person named Jenny? The farewell speech written by Hobenson's people sounds like an epitaph. I can't imagine Sunday without you. He said, "I will always remember the world news and bid farewell to my Sunday favorite sadly."

Eavesdropping threatens to destroy the Murdoch dynasty.

Rupert Murdoch published a letter of apology for phone hacking today. The 80-year-old media tycoon changed his strategy to deal with the crisis as the FBI began to investigate that Murdoch's American employees may have eavesdropped on the phone calls of the victims of the September 1 1 incident.

Murdoch changed his arrogant attitude today and published a full-page apology letter in seven national newspapers in Britain. In his letter of apology, he said: "We apologize for a series of serious mistakes. We deeply regret the suffering of the victims. We regret that we failed to take early action to solve the problem. "

In order to further express his remorse, Murdoch personally went to the home of the murdered girl Millie Dowler to apologize. In 2002, the reporter of News of the World eavesdropped and deleted the voice message of the murdered girl Millie, which led the police to think that Millie was still alive and interfered with the detection of the case.

Murdoch said: "As the founder of the company, what happened in the company shocked me, and I apologize for it."

Murdoch's newspaper used to be able to influence the outcome of the British election, but now he faces the anger of protesters.

Murdoch, the once arrogant media tycoon, tried his best to cool down the growing phone hacking scandal and apologized to the public and the family of a murdered girl.

This scandal caused Murdoch's News Corporation to plummet in value, forced him to abandon his grand plan to acquire a lucrative satellite TV company, ruined his political influence in Britain, and may also bring turmoil to his world-famous media empire.

Murdoch once argued that News Corporation had only made a "small mistake", but a day later, it would issue an apology statement in major national newspapers, admitting that the News of the World had "serious misconduct".

16, this full-page advertisement signed by Murdoch will appear in major British newspapers. Murdoch promised to "take further practical measures to solve these problems and compensate them (victims) for their injuries."

Murdoch also met with the family of the murdered girl Millie. When the 80-year-old tycoon walked out of a hotel in London after the meeting, opponents hissed and shouted, "Shame on you!"

Spain's El Pais)7 reported in July 15 that News Corporation will publish an apology letter through major British daily newspapers for the first time this weekend.

According to the disclosure, Murdoch said in the letter of apology: "I found that apologizing is not enough. Our cause is based on the idea that free and open media should become a positive force in society. We should reach this height. "

Murdoch also personally apologized to the family of the murdered 13-year-old girl Millie. Murdoch met Millie's parents and sister in a hotel in London. The lawyer of Millie's family said that Murdoch had apologized "many times".

Die-hard allies have resigned.

AFP, London, July 6th. Two Murdoch executives resigned because the phone hacking scandal affected their media empire.

Murdoch finally gave up the protection of rebekah brooks, former editor-in-chief of News of the World, and accepted her resignation as CEO of News International, which controlled the British newspaper owned by News Corp..

A few hours later, Les Hinton resigned as the CEO of Dow Jones, a subsidiary of News Corp., and he was the chairman of News International when the phone hacking incident occurred.

On July 15, the Wall Street Journal website reported that Brooks, CEO of British International News Corporation, was the first major executive of News Corp. to resign due to the growing tabloid scandal.

Brooks, 43, is Murdoch's right-hand man.

It is said that in 2002, the News of the World stole the mobile phone information of a missing girl aged 13, and later found that the girl had been murdered. Brooks was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper at that time.

London, July 15 (AP)-Murdoch today accepted the resignation of John Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal.

Hinton is the first American executive of News Corporation to be affected by the scandal. Murdoch's deputy in Britain, Brooks, also resigned earlier today.

Hinton, 67, has worked for Murdoch's News Corporation for 52 years and is one of his die-hard allies. During the eavesdropping incident, he was the head of Murdoch's newspaper business in Britain. Hinton said today: "The pain caused to innocent people is unimaginable."

Spain's "National News" website reported on July 15 that following the resignation of Brooks, an executive of News Corp.' s British branch, Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones Company in the United States, also announced his resignation. This makes the situation of Murdoch and News Corp even more difficult.

Dow Jones Company is a financial information company, and The Wall Street Journal is its newspaper. The company is the largest enterprise of Murdoch's news empire in the United States. Hinton was criticized for the phone hacking scandal, because he worked for the British branch of News Corporation, and he had to announce his resignation.

In his resignation statement, Hinton said that he watched with deep feelings that the scandal of the News of the World was uncovered little by little in new york and thought that he should leave News Corporation. From 1997 to 2005, Hinton was the head of the British branch of News Corporation. During this period, the News of the World eavesdropped on the phones of politicians, members of the royal family and the families of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

The BBC website reported on July 15 that Dow Jones CEO Hinton was the highest-ranking executive who left the company since the news corporation eavesdropping scandal broke out.

Hinton has worked for Murdoch for more than 50 years. /kloc-joined Murdoch's newspaper in Australia at the age of 0/5. Therefore, the outside world also regards Hinton as Murdoch's "loyal veteran".

The future prospects are full of variables.

AFP, London, July 6th. Both the British actor Jude Law and The Sun revealed that Jude Law was accusing The Sun of eavesdropping on his phone. It is believed that this is the first time to take such legal action against the sun.

The Sun is the best-selling tabloid owned by media giant Murdoch. News International, the newspaper's parent company, said Jude Law's intention was to implicate The Sun in the recent eavesdropping scandal. The scandal engulfed Murdoch's media empire and forced the News of the World to close.

The Financial Times website in July 15, the article titled: "Eavesdropping Door" shakes James' successor status.

The phone hacking scandal in Britain has raised questions about james murdoch, the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's ability to handle the crisis.

James admitted that he wrongly approved the settlement with the victims of the eavesdropping incident without "fully understanding" the facts. Labour MP tom watson called it "an attempt to obstruct justice".

Some people familiar with News Corp now want to know whether James, 38, is still the most popular candidate to succeed his 80-year-old father. They even hinted that he might resign from News Corporation for a while.

James has been trained as his father's successor since his brother lachlan resigned as CEO of News Corporation in 2005. People close to the Murdoch family said that due to the above scandal, James's succession prospects are full of variables.

On July 13, the website of Time magazine in the United States was entitled: Is it the beginning of the collapse of Murdoch dynasty?

When Murdoch flew to London on June 5438+00, his first task was to achieve complete control of the profitable Sky TV station and curb the political and legal storm that might sweep the British branch of his media empire after the eavesdropping scandal. Four days later, this strategy was shattered, although some extreme measures have been taken, such as closing its very successful News of the World and making concessions on the acquisition of Sky TV. In fact, the future of the Murdoch empire now looks so unpredictable.

First, there are signs that the scandal will affect his business in the United States on the other side of the Atlantic; Then, he was summoned by the British Parliament to attend the hearing to answer questions about crimes committed by his journalists.

To make matters worse, BT, the regulator of the British telecommunications industry, is considering whether it is "appropriate" for Murdoch to continue to hold a 39% stake in Sky TV. If it is considered inappropriate, it will be another great blow to Murdoch.

The eavesdropping scandal continues to ferment, affecting the other side of the Atlantic. Senior US Senator Jay Rockefeller called for an investigation into whether the News of the World eavesdropped on the victims of the September 1 1 terrorist incident. Tom watson, a member of the British Labour Party, also put forward this idea in Parliament. He has been leading the political movement to fully expose the eavesdropping scandal.

The eavesdropping scandal first revealed that the reporter died at home.

Sean Hall, a journalist who accused the News of the World of eavesdropping, was found dead at home, BBC reported. Hall once told The New York Times that eavesdropping was much more serious than the News of the World admitted during the preliminary police investigation. Police said that his body was found in an apartment in north London on Monday morning (July 18). A police spokesman said that at present, the cause of death is unknown, but the cause of death is not suspicious. The police are currently investigating the cause of death.

Hall also told the BBC that eavesdropping was "rampant" in the News of the World. He also alleged that Andy Coulson, then editor-in-chief of the newspaper, had asked him to eavesdrop on the phone, but Coulson denied this.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will shorten his visit to South Africa as the eavesdropping scandal of media tycoon Murdoch's newspaper continues to ferment. The Labor Party, the main opposition party in Britain, condemned that Cameron had made a serious mistake in hiring Coulson, the former editor-in-chief of the News of the World, as a media spokesperson. Coulson was arrested by the police investigating the eavesdropping scandal last week.

Cameron will make a statement on the eavesdropping scandal at a special session of parliament on Wednesday.

The eavesdropping scandal had a great impact on the London Police Force. Following the announcement of the resignation of Sir Paul Stevenson, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department in London, Deputy Director Yates resigned on Monday due to improper investigation of the 2009 news of the world eavesdropping scandal.