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News Corp. Paying Phone Hack Victim’s Family $4.7 Million

Posted on September 19, 2011 by pogowasright.org

Damon Poeter reports:

News International will reportedly pay the family of a British murder victim about £3 million ($4.7 million) in a settlement to close a phone-hacking case that led to the closure of the News of the World tabloid and rocked Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation media empire to its core.

The settlement includes a £2 million payment to Milly Dowler’s family and the donation of an additional £1 million to charity, Reuters reported Monday, citing “sources close to the case.”

Read more on PC Magazine.

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