News Corp

Introduction: News Corp Phone Hacking

During the mid 2000’s until late 2012, media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper company, News Corp, conceived one the biggest scandals in media history to date. Speculation of phone hacking occurred in November of 2005 when the Royal’s officials reported possible voice mail phone hacking to the police because News of the World released a story about Prince William hurting his knee. The victims of the phone hacking scandal not only included the Royal family but also politicians, celebrities, people who were murdered, and family members of soldiers who died during combat totaling the victim list to 3,870. The entire duration of the investigation revealed not only disturbing information about the conducts committed by journalist, but the conspiring with private investigators and the London police enforcement, also known as the Scotland Yard, to cover up corruptions on all ends (CNN, 2012).

Summary

The phone hacking scandal was exposed first by the Royal family when News of the World published the story about Prince William’s knee, followed by arrests of News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire in January 2007. Before things start to really get intense, editor Andy Coulson resigns but claims to have no knowledge on the voicemail hacking. Gordan Taylor, a soccer executive, was also victimized by Mulcaire’s hacking scandal. In June of 2008 News of the World settled out of court with him resulting in Taylor receiving $1.13 million. November 2009, the British Press Complaints Commission determined that due to their findings the phone hacking had ceased to continue (CNN, 2012).

In 2010, David Cameron becomes Prime minister just before the Government’s medi...

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...tigation I would talk to staff about how we can rebrand our company and rebuild our image. The potential of scandal damaging our public image is inevitable but the more damage control that is done as soon as the scandal is opposed the more likely my company has a chance to survive.

Follow Up

In summation of the previous stated details, further action would not be required in this situation. Retribution was delivered to all parties involved, News of the World ceased to exist; Rebekah faced legality troubles in addition to being exposed for committing adultery, and Rupert Murdoch admitted to flaws within his company. The way I would handle future situations from here on out would entail myself consulting with HR department and hiring our own private investigators to monitor our employees to make sure they are not corrupt and terminate the bad ones as time progress.