tabloid scandal

Scandal-plagued Rebekah Brooks resigned as chief of News Corporation's (NASDAQ: NWSA) British newspaper unit Friday, succumbing to mounting pressure amid allegations that she knowingly allowed the hacking of various voicemail accounts during her Editorship. The announcement is only the latest in a...

Britain's unfolding tabloid scandal has taken a heavy toll on the country. Employees of News Corporation's (NASDAQ: NWSA) tabloid, The News of The World, have been exposed for hacking into numerous voicemail accounts of private individuals. Editors have been jailed, the tabloid was shut down, and...