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tisdag, juli 19, 2011

Rupert Murdoch Fights to Save His Life's Work

Phone-Hacking Scandal Escalates

Rupert Murdoch's appearance before a House of Commons committee on Tuesday is the latest dramatic development in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, which now threatens to spread to the US. The media mogul's life's work is at stake. By SPIEGEL Staff.

It sounds like a story from another time, and yet it was only four weeks ago when Rupert Murdoch hosted a party at the Orangery in Kensington Gardens in the west of London, a historic brick building with large white-framed windows that is famous for its afternoon teas and popular as a venue for stylish weddings.


The old man was holding court at his British publishing house News International's summer party, and everyone was there, just as they had been in earlier years. The guests included Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha, opposition leader Ed Miliband and many other prominent figures in British politics -- as well as those hoping to become prominent. The guests ate oysters, sipped champagne and engaged in discreet conversations./DER SPIEGEL 

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