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James Hipwell
James Hipwell is a former ''Daily Mirror'' journalist, writer, organ donation campaigner and whistleblower who was investigated over the so-called 'City Slickers' share tipping scandal along with the paper's then editor, Piers Morgan, and several other members of its newsroom. Career and City Slickers scandal Between 1998 and 2000, along with his colleague, Anil Bhoyrul, Hipwell worked on the ''Daily Mirrors financial column ''City Slickers'', offering financial news, gossip and share tips. It became very popular, a ''Guardian'' article describing it as the "Column that turns City into showbiz". However, in February 2000 the pair were fired following allegations that they had been giving tips about companies in which they held stock. The Department of Trade and Industry launched an investigation in 2000 but it did not conclude for several years and the trial did not come to court until October 2005. In 2002 Hipwell gave an interview to The Guardian in which he described the situ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News International Phone Hacking Scandal
The News International phone hacking scandal was a controversy involving the now-defunct ''News of the World'' and other British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch. Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of stories. Whilst investigations conducted from 2005 to 2007 appeared to show that the paper's phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians, and members of the British royal family, in July 2011 it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Murder of Milly Dowler, Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings had also been hacked. The resulting public outcry against News Corporation and its owner Rupert Murdoch led to several high-profile resignations, including that of Murdoch as News Corporation director, Murdoch's son James Murdoch, James as executive chairman, Dow Jones & Company, Dow Jones chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
