Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"

[Santino]

ts; dr

 

[two sheds]

ts; dr

which bit didn't you read?

 

[Santino]

which bit didn't you read?

All the s bits.

 

[two sheds]

All the s bits.

They were the best bits.

 

[Santino]

They were the best bits.

There's a lesson there for someone.

 

[frogwoman]

Persecution lol

 

[Dan U]

Apparently Paul Dacre is currently talking at the Leveson Enquiry about ethics and journalism

lol

 

[ViolentPanda]

Apparently Paul Dacre is currently talking at the Leveson Enquiry about ethics and journalism

lol

Hey! Who knows, he might be talking about how little he knows about the subjects!

 

[Dan U]

apparently they are now going to run a corrections column on page 2.

which could potentially take over most of the paper some days.

 

[AKA pseudonym]

via @tomwatson
Another adviser recommends shareholders vote against Murdoch sons next week: http://t.co/x7LkWW31 And it's barely reported in the UK.

 

[newbie]

There has been some reporting, though I can't remember where.

Meanwhile, with wonderful timing


Wall Street Journal circulation scam claims senior Murdoch executive

Andrew Langhoff resigns as European publishing chief after exposure of secret channels of cash to help boost sales figures

The Guardian found evidence that the Journal had been channelling money through European companies in order to secretly buy thousands of copies of its own paper at a knock-down rate, misleading readers and advertisers about the Journal's true circulation.
The bizarre scheme included a formal, written contract in which the Journal persuaded one company to co-operate by agreeing to publish articles that promoted its activities, a move which led some staff to accuse the paper's management of violating journalistic ethics and jeopardising its treasured reputation for editorial quality.

 

[Dan U]

unreal story that is. If that doesn't convince the big US investors the current Directorship stinks, fuck knows what will.

 

[xenon]

Why's this WSN circulation scam not making more waves? I've not heard it mentioned on radio. Nothing on the BBC News site yesterday. I'm not surprised this sorta thing happens but one blogger I was reading seemed to think this was gonna be a more damaging blow to NI than the phone hacking stuff.

 

[DexterTCN]

Probably because the newspaper industry is teetering on the edge of collapse, they may also have a general agreement about not attacking each other on certain things - maybe.

 

[Pickman's model]

maybe it's not been reported here because of the various pending court cases

 

[xenon]

Probably because the newspaper industry is teetering on the edge of collapse, they may also have a general agreement about not attacking each other on certain things - maybe.

Possibly. I'd be surprised if this sort of circulation trickery isn't fairly widespread.

maybe it's not been reported here because of the various pending court cases

Fair point.

 

[DexterTCN]

Possibly. I'd be surprised if this sort of circulation trickery isn't fairly widespread.

Definitely, advertisers pay by market share afaik. They won't be happy.

 

[newbie]

a quick search reveals followups in the Telegraph, Independent, Evening Standard, CNN, WSJ...

I regret to say that since Gilligan the BBC has become increasingly irrelevent for breaking news

 

[ferrelhadley]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15393892

Surrey Police knew Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked by someone working for the News of the World (NoW) in 2002, the force's chief constable has said.
Mark Rowley said the paper made a call to them in April 2002 which made it apparent it had accessed her voicemail.
In a letter to the Commons culture committee into the phone hacking scandal he said the priority at the time was to find the missing girl.

Mr Rowley said: "From that call it was apparent that person(s) working for, or on behalf of, the NoW had accessed Milly Dowler's voicemail.
"At that time, the focus and priority of the investigation was to find Milly, who had then been missing for over three weeks and significant resources were deployed to achieve this objective.
"I can confirm that Surrey Police did not launch a criminal investigation into how the NoW came by the information it provided Operation Ruby with in April 2002 and that Surrey Police neither arrested nor charged anyone in relation to accessing Milly Dowler's voicemail.

 

[DexterTCN]

Next question. Did Surrey police know the NoW had deleted messages? If so, more heads to roll hopefully. Was a while ago though.

 

[Dan U]

Tom Watson is off to the shareholders meeting today in the US to reveal more dirt apparently

 

[Pickman's model]

Tom Watson is off to the shareholders meeting today in the US to reveal more dirt apparently

and there was me thinking he had a day job to go to

 

[London_Calling]

What would you know about that kind of thing?

 

[elbows]

The Guardian are liveblogging the shareholders meeting at the moment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/oct/21/news-corporation-annual-meeting-live

Tom Watson manged to ask some questions but it doesn't sound like his dirt was very juicy, trying to turn attention towards computer hacking, but without killer details there is nothing for me to get too excited about.

 

[elbows]

NYT live-blog has more on that:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/news-corp-s-annual-shareholders-meeting/

Tom Watson, the British lawmaker who has intensified pressure on News Corp., spoke to media as well. About the reports that he would be unveiling new things: "That's a slightly overcooked story there. I'm here because investors should be aware that the scandal has not gone away in the U.K."
"Their PR people would like you to think that they are through the worst of it," he said.
Mr. Watson, in Prada glasses and a purple tie, said he would not be meeting with any law enforcement or government officials during his trip to Los Angeles. He arrived Wednesday and will leave Saturday.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

NYT live-blog has more on that:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/news-corp-s-annual-shareholders-meeting/

"in Prada glasses and a purple tie" what an odd detail to include!

 

[stavros]

Apparently Paul Dacre is currently talking at the Leveson Enquiry about ethics and journalism

lol

Did he call Leveson et al cunts? If not, he's obviously talking out of character and acting according to brief.

 

[butchersapron]

Possibility on more on this over the next few days because of this - not gone though them yet.

 

[butchersapron]

Here we go Phone hacking: NoW lawyer warned editor of 'damning email' in 2008

 

[Santino]

Another arrest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/04/phone-hacking-scotland-yard-arrest