Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. settles phone hacking case amid Sky probe
Source: Bloomberg
JANUARY 19 2018 - 7:37AM
Jessica Shankleman, Joe Mayes and Jeremy Hodges
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. agreed to a last-minute settlement before the start of another phone-hacking trial in London that would have raked up incidents from more than a decade ago.
The deal was agreed for an undisclosed sum with four claimants -- mainly B-list celebrities -- who alleged the British publishing unit hacked phones and deleted email evidence at a time when his son James Murdoch was its executive chairman.
"I'd like to apologise for any inconvenience caused for these cases having settled right at the very last minute," David Sherborne, the claimants' lawyer, said in court on Thursday. This is the second time the UK publisher has settled hacking claims as a trial was set to start.
The trial could have influenced a merger watchdog currently investigating Murdoch's plan for 21st Century Fox to buy Sky for £11.7 billion ($19 billion).
Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-settles-phone-hacking-case-amid-sky-probe-20180118-h0kpqa.html
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