
I’m a catalyst for change. You can’t be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a
certain amount of scar tissue around the place.
–Rupert Murdoch
This is the most humble day of my life.
–Rupert Murdoch, during the British Parliament hearing of News of the World in 2011
INTRODUCTION
The News of the World, brainchild of John Browne Bell,
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was originally established as a broadsheet in
1843 (Exhibit I). It was later sold to Lascelles Carr
1
in 1891. Rupert Murdoch’s media fi rm News Ltd
bought it from the Carrs in 1969.
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He reorganized it as a subsidiary of News Corporation (henceforth
referred to as News Corp.), and it was transformed ...