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Newsmaker - Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's fiery favouriteSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:05AMLONDON (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks, arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of phone hacking and bribing police, rose to the top of tabloid journalism armed with charm and networking skills.

Special Report: Inside Rebekah Brooks' News of the WorldSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:36AMLONDON (Reuters) - "It was the kind of place you get out of and you never want to go back again." That's how one former reporter describes the News of the World newsroom under editor Rebekah Brooks, the ferociously ambitious titian-haired executive who ran Britain's top-selling Sunday tabloid from 2000 to 2003.

Flame-haired trailblazer was News Corp’s fiery favouriteFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:16PMREBEKAH BROOKS is used to getting what she wants. The trailblazing tabloid editor and News International chief finally quit, but she will leave the company with her charm and networking skills, as well as plenty of secrets.

Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch’s fiery favouriteFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:13AMTough, charming, sinuous and clever, current and former colleagues say

Newsmaker: Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's fiery favoriteFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:27AMLONDON (Reuters) - Rebekah Brooks is used to getting what she wants. The trailblazing tabloid editor and News International chief finally quit on Friday, but she will leave the company with her charm and networking skills, as well as plenty of secrets.

How Many Times Has Fox News Mentioned News Corp.'s Scandal?Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 4:37PMUpdate: Fox News says their own internal tally shows that the News Corp. scandal has been mentioned at least 26 times, not the four times as this story was originally headlined, in the last two weeks. The network emphasized at least and said there may be instances they missed. The reason for the discrepancy between their count and ours is that theirs includes at least 21 instances in which the ...

Morning Report: Death of a School Board Reform MeasureTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:55AMRedevelopment to stay, SDSU's new chief at $400K+, a big oil spill off the coast and claws (and wordplay) come out over kitty tax.

EDITORIAL: Response to report may reveal more than China intendedTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:50AMTaipei (The China Post/ANN) - When the Hong Kong-based TV station ATV reported on its July 6 primetime 6pm newscast that former mainland China president Jiang Zemin had died, the news was taken seriously. World media soon relayed footage from the ATV report, and some were already running highlights of Jiang's life and of the eventful years in China under Jiang's rule.

Response to report may reveal more than China intendedMonday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:47PMWhen the Hong Kong-based TV station ATV reported on its July 6 primetime 6pm newscast that former mainland China president Jiang Zemin had died, the news was taken seriously. World media soon relayed .....