Read Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain Online
Authors: Tom Watson
8.
Interview with Charlotte Harris, August 2011
9.
Ibid.
10.
Max Clifford, oral evidence, Leveson Inquiry, 9 February 2012
11.
Interview with Charlotte Harris, August 2011
12.
Julian Pike, written evidence, Leveson Inquiry, 14 November 2011
13.
Tom Crone, oral evidence, Leveson Inquiry, 14 December 2011
14.
Charlotte Harris, written evidence, Leveson Inquiry, 5 December 2011
15.
Mark Lewis, written evidence, Leveson Inquiry, 21 November 2011
16.
Email from Nick Davies to Martin Hickman, August 2011
17.
Interview with Alan Rusbridger, August 2011
10. OUR MAN IN DOWNING STREET
1.
‘Ashdown: I warned Cameron about the huge danger of hiring Coulson’, Toby Helm and Daniel Boffey,
Observer
, 10 July 2011
2.
Ibid.
3.
‘Takeover of BSkyB must be blocked, says media analyst’, James Robinson,
Guardian
, 14 September 2010
4.
Email from Steve Coogan to Tom Watson, October 2011
5.
Generic Particulars of Claim, [anonymized] Voicemail Claimant versus News Group Newspapers and Glenn Mulcaire, High Court, December 2011
6.
Email from Don van Natta Jr to Tom Watson, November 2011
7.
‘Phone hacking: Andy Coulson offers to talk to police’, Haroon Siddique, Andrew Sparrow, Patrick Wintour and Nick Davies, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/06/phone-hacking-met-now-case
, 6 September 2011
8.
‘Police chief: NYT refused to help phone-hack probe’,
Press Gazette
,
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=45967
, 7 September 2010
9.
London Assembly (Plenary) Transcript,
w.london.gov.uk/.../20100915/.../MQT%20Transcript%20RTF.rtf
, 15 September 2010
11. LOSING A BATTLE
1.
Interview with Max Mosley, May 2011
2.
‘NI “tried to bully LibDems into backing bid for BskyB” ’, Henry Porter and Toby Helm,
Observer
, 24 July 2011
3.
‘Exclusive: News Corp exec suspected in leak’, Mark Hosenball, Reuters,
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/uk-newscorp-lewis-idUKTRE76L30S20110722
, 22 July 2011
4.
‘Phone hacking: “News of the World” emails “lost” on the way to India’, James Hanning and Paul Bignell,
Independent on Sunday
, 19 December 2010
5.
‘Andy Coulson denies knowledge of criminal activity at News of the World’, Nick Davies and Severin Carrell, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/10/andy-coulson-tommy-sheridan-trial
, 10 December 2010
6.
Interview with Tommy Sheridan, March 2011
7.
‘Culture Secretary “has not prejudged” BSkyB takeover ’, Hélène Mulholland, Patrick Wintour and Matthew Weaver,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/dec/22/more-lib-dem-ministers-recorded
, 22 December 2010
12. OUT OF CONTROL
1.
‘Sienna Miller: hacking’s heroine’, Jemima Khan,
Independent
, 23 September 2011
2.
Generic Particulars of Claim, [anonymized] Voicemail Claimant versus News Group Newspapers and Glenn Mulcaire, High Court, December 2011
3.
Letter from Linklaters to House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 25 January 2012
4.
Email from Tim Montgomerie to Martin Hickman, February 2012
5.
‘Nick Brown says his phone was bugged’, Joe Murphy,
Evening Standard
, 28 January 2011
6.
‘Blunkett voicemails hacked’, Robert Mendick,
Sunday Telegraph
, 11 September 2011
7.
‘Phone hacking: police uncover more evidence’, Cahal Milmo and Martin Hickman,
Independent
, 10 February 2011
8.
‘RIPA and the phone hacking investigation’, Letters,
Guardian
, 14 March 2011
9.
Keir Starmer, oral evidence, House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, 5 April 2011
13. U-TURN AT WAPPING
1.
‘The Times discovers hacking scandal – but bashes the BBC again’, Roy Greenslade, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/mar/16/thetimes-phone-hacking
, 16 March 2011
2.
‘Twelve face jail over hacking’, David Leppard and Jon Ungoed-Thomas,
Sunday Times
, 10 July 2011
3.
‘The bugger bugged’, Hugh Grant,
New Statesman
, 12 April 2011
4.
Interview with Hugh Grant, September 2011
5.
Ibid.
6.
Ibid.
7.
‘James Murdoch: no reputation crisis at News Corp’, The Holmes Report,
http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/10100/James-Murdoch-No-Reputation-Crisis-At-News-Corp.aspx
, 8 April 2011
8.
Sue Akers, oral evidence, House of Commons, Home Affairs Select Committee, 12 July 2011
9.
‘Straw and Mandelson demand police answers’, Oliver Wright and Martin Hickman,
Independent
, 10 June 2011
14. SUMMER’S LEASE
1.
‘Exclusive: Brooks “among most-hacked victims” ’, Mark Kleinman,
Sky News
,
http://blogs.news.sky.com/kleinman/Post:18500ee9-77c2-4370-8d7d-8b6ce17d5194
, 15 June 2011
2.
Lord Macdonald, oral evidence, House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, 19 July 2011
3.
‘Mandelson (dancing wildly), a “giddy” Steve Hilton, Mark Thompson of the BBC (and, of course, Robert Peston) … how a leather-trousered Matthew Freud hosted the decadent last hurrah of the Chipping Norton Set’ , Simon Walters and Glen Owen,
Mail on Sunday
, 17 July 2011
15. A MISSING GIRL
1.
John Whittingdale interview, BBC Radio 4
Today
programme, 5 July 2011
2.
‘I’m ripping up the rule book’, Mehdi Hasan,
New Statesman
, 26 September 2011
3.
What the Papers Say
, BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2011
4.
‘News of the World’s alleged actions “indefensible” says Times’ Harding’, Arif Durrani,
Brand Republic
, 5 July 2011
5.
What the Papers Say
, BBC Radio 4, 31 December 2011
6.
‘Milly Dowler phone hacking: the reaction’, Raf Sanchez, Telegraph online,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8617579/Milly-Dowler-phone-hacking-the-reaction.html
, 5 July 2011
7.
‘ News of the World loses adverts over Milly Dowler scandal’, Tim Ross, Amanda Andrews and Katherine Rushton, Telegraph online,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8619123/News-of-the-World-loses-adverts-over-Milly-Dowler-scandal.html
, 5 July 2011
8.
Interview with Hugh Grant on BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 July 2011
9.
Interview with Alastair Campbell on BBC
Newsnight
, 5 July 2011
10.
‘ Phone hacking: reading between the lines of Murdoch’s statement’, Roy Greenslade, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenstate/2011/jul/06/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking
, 6 July 2011
11.
Statement from London Mayor on phone hacking,
http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_mayoral/statement-mayor-london-phone-hacking-0
, 6 July 2011
12.
Interview with Hugh Grant, September 2011
16. SKY PLUS
1.
http://www.alastaircampbell.org/blog/2011/07/09/steve-coogan-spot-on-in-asking-where-paul-dacre-is-in-all-this-but-his-time-is-surely-coming
, 9 July 2011
2.
‘Murdoch’s Watergate’, Carl Bernstein,
Newsweek
, 18 July 2011
3.
‘Murdoch says current News Corp. management stands: embattled former editor Brooks has his “total support” ’, Sarah McBride, Reuters, 9 July 2011
4.
‘News of the World’s desperate final hours’, Paul McNamara,
New York Times
, 25 July 2011
5.
‘News of the World phone hacking’, Guardian online, Scandal,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/09/phone-hacking-newsoftheworld
, 9 July 2011
6.
‘News of the World’s last breath: put the handkerchiefs aside’, Roy Greenslade, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/10/news-of-the-world-last-edition
, 10 July 2011
7.
‘Insider reveals: “PR men would think up a Story and Rebekah’s Sun and News of the World would run it, word for word. Some were complete fiction”’,
Mail on Sunday
, 9 July 2011
8.
‘Police chief: I failed victims of hacking’, Robert Mendick, Alasdair Palmer and Patrick Hennessy,
Sunday Telegraph
, 10 July 2011
9.
‘Politics live blog’, Andrew Sparrow, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2011/jul/11/politics-live-blog
, 11 July 2011
10.
Hayman hits out at MPs after ‘appalling’ hacking treatment, LBC,
http://www.lbc.co.uk/hayman-hits-out-at-mps-after-appalling-hacking-treatment-42292
, 13 July 2011
11.
‘Sunday Times reject Gordon Brown “criminal claims” ’, BBC News Online, 13 July 2011
12.
‘Phone hacking: News International paid Neil Wallis while he was at Scotland Yard’, Robert Winnett and Mark Hughes,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8785470/Phone-hacking-News-International-paid-Neil-Wallis-while-he-was-at-Scotland-Yard.html
, 23 September 2011
17. ‘WE ARE SORRY’
1.
Guardian
, 5 November 2011
2.
Full James Murdoch statement on Rebekah Brooks,
New Statesman
, 15 July 2011
3.
‘Rupert Murdoch Says “Sorry” in ad campaign’, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/rupert-murdoch-sorry-ad-campaign
, 15 July 2011
4.
‘A scandal that has diminished Britain’,
Daily Telegraph
, 16 July 2011
5.
‘Murdoch’s Commons inquisitor has close ties to mogul’s family’, Jane Merrick, Brian Brady, James Hanning and Andy McCorkell,
Independent on Sunday
, 17 July 2011
6.
Sir Hugh Orde, ACPO statement on the resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson,
http://www.acpo.presscentre.com
, 17 July 2011
7.
‘Phone hacking: John Yates “to be suspended” over Neil Wallis links’, Mark Hughes, Andrew Hough and Robert Winnett,
Telegraph.co.uk
, 17 July 2011
8.
‘NoW phone-hacking whistle-blower Sean Hoare found dead’, BBC News Online,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14194623
, 19 July 2011
18. DEMOCRACY DAY
1.
‘Rupert Murdoch: can he survive a coup? ’, Neil Tweedie and Matthew Holehouse,
Telegraph.co.uk
,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8655490/Rupert-Murdoch-can-he-survive-a-coup.html
, 23 July 2011
2.
‘ Shareholders sue Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. over Shine acquisition’, Dawn Chmielewski,
Los Angeles Times
, 16 March 2011
3.
‘Murdochs in “family fall-out” over crisis,’ Jamie Doward and Lisa O’Carroll, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/16/elisabeth-james-murdoch-family-crisis
, 16 July 2011
4.
‘Lots of questions but very few answers’, Jemima Khan,
i
, 20 July 2011
5.
‘Biographer: Murdoch talks to his editor more than he admits’, Oliver Wright,
Independent
, 23 July 2011
19. ASSAULT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT
1.
‘Murdochs were given secret defence briefings’, Oliver Wright,
Independent
, 27 July 2011
2.
‘Phone hacking scandal: Wednesday 20 July’, Guardian online,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/20/phone-hacking-scandal-live-coverage
, 20 July 2011
3.
‘Ex-executives dispute testimony of Murdoch son’, Jo Becker and Don van Natta Jr, New York Times online,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/world/europe/22murdoch.html?pagewanted=all
, 21 July 2011