Thursday, August 11, 2011

Updated Murdoch Casualty List

The latest list of casualties of the News phone hacking scandal:
  • The News of the World - shut down after 168 years
  • News Corporation bid to take control of British satellite provider BSkyB - withdrawn
  • News International CEO and former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks - resigned, then arrested
  • Wall Street Journal publisher Les Hinton - resigned
  • Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson - resigned
  • Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates - resigned
  • Metropolitan Police PR advisor and former News of the World executive Neil Wallis - arrested
  • Metropolitan Police Director of Public Affairs Dick Fedorcio - placed on extended leave
  • Former News of the World editor and Prime Minister's press officer Andy Coulson - arrested
  • Former News of the World editor Greg Miskiw - arrested
  • Former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner - arrested
  • News of the World senior writer James Weatherup - arrested
  • Former News of the World assistant editor Ian Edmondson - dismissed, then arrested
  • News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck - arrested
  • News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman - arrested
  • Private investigator and phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire - arrested, convicted, and served prison time
  • Two unnamed men - arrested
Some remaining figures clearly involved, but not yet directly affected: former Mirror editor Piers Morgan, News International bosses Rupert and James Murdoch, British PM David Cameron, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, and former Met Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman.

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