A closer look at the phone-hacking scandal involving Prince Harry, Hugh Grant and more. | News24Arts
TIMELINE:Prince Harry has been in and out of court in recent weeks and he'll soon testify in his phone-hacking case against the British tabloid press.
Cameron announces a public inquiry into the way the press operates, led by former judge, Brian Leveson.Murdoch's News Corp also withdraws its bid for full ownership of pay-TV giant BSkyB.Rebekah Brooks, who edited the NoW when Dowler's phone was hacked, quits as head of Murdoch's British newspaper unit, News International. She is arrested on suspicion of hacking and bribing officials two days later.
Police arrest four journalists from The Sun for paying public officials for information. More journalists and officials are arrested in the following weeks.Adam Smith, an adviser to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, resigns after James Murdoch tells the Leveson inquiry that Smith leaked details to a Murdoch lobbyist. Hunt defies intense pressure to quit.Parliament's media committee publishes a scathing report that declares Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead a major global company.
Leveson calls for greater transparency between the press and politicians, while recommending police officers record all contacts with the media, despite not having found evidence to suggest corruption between the media and authorities.
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