Rupert Murdoch ‘Annoyed’ At Phone Hacking Coverage; Loses Top Executive
July 15 2011, Published 11:30 a.m. ET
By Adam S. Levy - Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
As Rupert Murdoch says he’s getting “annoyed” at the coverage of the phone hacking scandal that is threatening his vast media empire, the mogul has lost one of his top executives.
Rebekah Brooks, a member of Murdoch's inner circle, resigned as the chief executive of News International on Friday, becoming the most high-profile exodus linked to the company's phone hacking scandal that stopped the presses on News Of The World after 168 years last week.
Brooks presided over News of the World from 2000 until 2003, when many of the alleged wrongdoings occurred; since 2007, she's been at the head of four British newspapers the parent company, News International, publishes.
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