Topic: News Corp.

Actor Coogan says UK tabloids operate like Mafia

LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrities fear a backlash from the British tabloid press if they speak out at an inquiry into media standards, comedian and actor Steve Coogan said on Tuesday, adding that newspapers were like the Mafia in the way they operated.A ...

New hacking victims emerge to sue News Corp

LONDON (Reuters) - A raft of public figures and crime victims have launched new legal claims against Rupert Murdoch's News International over allegations of phone hacking, including a man whose wife and daughter were murdered in a hammer attack.A source familiar with ...

'Hacked off' celebrities lead war on tabloids

It took the hacking of a murdered girl's phone to make the News of the World scandal explode, but celebrities have wasted no time in using the row to press their own agenda against the tabloids.Actor Hugh Grant has led the charge ...
It took the hacking of a murdered girl's phone to make the News of the World scandal explode, but British celebrities have wasted no time in using the row to press their own agenda against the tabloids.Actor Hugh Grant has led the ...

Special Report: Murdoch row - why UK tabloids bin-dive and blag

LONDON (Reuters) - Benjamin Pell made a second career out of digging through the contents of people's rubbish bags and selling it to the British press. The office cleaner, or 'Benji the Binman' as he was known to his clients on Fleet ...
Indian police end probe of 'Slumdog' star's father after claims he tried to sell his daughterIndian police said Thursday they would not charge the father of a child star in the hit movie " Slumdog Millionaire," and ended their investigation into claims ...
Fear not, British celebrities who like to partake in sadomasochistic orgies behind closed doors: A judge ruled that the newspaper's expose of Mosley's penchant for spanking, caning and dominating women--based on secret taping of a night spent in the company of "hookers" ...