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Three Strikes So Why Is WaPo CEO Will Lewis Not Out?

WORKING THE REFS

WaPo’s new boss has already done considerable damage to the storied newspaper, writes ex-Post reporter Paul Farhi for The Daily Beast.

Paul Farhi | Published Jun 07, 2024

Murdoch’s Latest Court Victory Is No Victory at All

A GAME OF CHICKEN

A judge has ruled that Uncle Rupes will be spared further exposure, but Prince Harry’s case has been strengthened in the process.

Clive Irving | Published May 21, 2024

New Claim Puts ‘WaPo’ Boss in Crosshairs of Murdoch Scandal

BETRAYED

A new report suggests Lewis played a central role in destroying messages sent and received by those involved in the “News of the World” hacking.

Clive Irving | Published May 04, 2024

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How Much Will It Cost to Keep Rupert Murdoch Off the Stand?

HAXED

Hugh Grant took an “enormous” settlement he couldn’t refuse, leaving Prince Harry as the final obstacle for Rupert to take his hacking scandal secrets to the grave.

Clive Irving | Published Apr 26, 2024

Prince Harry Accuses WaPo Boss, Murdoch of Hacking Cover-Up

ROPED IN

Lawyers repping Harry and Hugh Grant allege Murdoch, WaPo publisher Will Lewis, and News U.K. boss Rebekah Brooks were all personally part of the phone-hacking scandal.

Corbin Bolies | Published Mar 20, 2024
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New WaPo Chief Angered His Ex-Staff During Hacking Crisis

Murdoch’s Long Shadow

Will Lewis was tasked with cleaning up News Corp’s hacking scandal in Britain—and ex-colleagues say he threw them to the wolves to protect the powerful.

Lachlan Cartwright | Published Jan 27, 2024
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Prince Harry May Deliver the Next Big Blow to Murdoch Empire

ROYALLY SCREWED

In the ongoing hacking lawsuit, Murdoch’s newspaper kingdom “cannot allow some of those documents to see the light of day”—but Prince Harry seems hellbent on making sure they do.

Clive Irving | Published Apr 28, 2023
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Fox Grows More Dangerous as Murdoch Tabloid Empire Falls

SUNBURNED

The hacking scandal finally caught up with the London tabs, turning them into a worthless asset. Now the mogul’s motherlode—Fox News—is right here, and it’s on a roll.

Clive Irving | Published Jun 23, 2021

How Rupert Murdoch Changed Newspapers Forever

One of a Kind

In James Graham’s play ‘Ink,’ about to transfer to London’s West End, we see a young Rupert Murdoch purchase ‘The Sun,’ heralding the modern tabloid era—for good and ill.

David Freedlander | Published Jul 29, 2017

Fight Over Migrants’ Ages Engulfs U.K.

Persecution

Hundreds of children from one of Europe’s most squalid and desperate refugee camps, ‘The Jungle’ in Calais, are being resettled in the U.K. But the appearance of a few who seem to be over 18 is fueling ugly headlines.

Tom Sykes | Published Oct 28, 2016

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