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Murdoch’s News Group Settles With Prince Harry, Leaving Questions Unanswered

Following a dramatic last-minute settlement in court, Prince Harry has again been victorious in his mission to take on the UK’s tabloid press. Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) – publishers of the Sun as well as the now defunct …

Prince Harry’s Phone-Hacking Lawsuit Against Daily Mail to Go to Trial in 2026

Prince Harry and other high-profile British figures’ privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail newspaper’s publisher will go to trial in early 2026, London’s High Court heard on Tuesday, with the parties’ legal costs set to exceed 38 million pounds ($47.8 …

Tabloid Publisher Apologizes to Prince Harry at Outset of Invasion of Privacy Trial

The publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror acknowledged and apologized Wednesday for unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry, saying at the outset of a trial over one of his phone hacking lawsuits that the prince was due “appropriate compensation.” …

Three Mull Lawsuits in U.S. Against Murdoch’s News Corp.

Three people who believe they were targeted by a private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World while they were in the United States are considering suing his company in U.S. courts, a source close to the case …

News Corp. Admits Guilt, Settles Hacking Claims

The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. looks set to settle at great expense a string of legal claims after admitting wide-scale phone hacking that was both known about and concealed by senior management. Murdoch’s News International had …

Report: News Int’l. Ups Fund to Settle Illegal Hacking Claims to $155 Million

The British arm of News Corp has increased the legal fund it will use to settle civil litigation cases brought by victims of phone hacking to £100 million ($155 million) from £20 million [$31 million], the Independent newspaper reported on …

Murdoch’s News Corp to Close News of the World

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will close its tabloid News of the World after this Sunday’s edition, as a result of an escalating phone hacking scandal, James Murdoch said on Thursday. “The News of the World is in the business of …

News of the World Admits Phone Hacking Liability

Rupert Murdoch’s powerful British news operation reversed course on Friday and admitted responsibility in a phone hacking scandal that had already cost the prime minister’s spokesman his job. News International, parent company of Britain’s top-selling News of the World tabloid, …