Mediagazer: Operation Elveden: Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks face charges (BBC)

7:00 AM ET, November 20, 2012

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Kate Holton / Reuters:

Ex-Cameron aide charged over royal family details — (Reuters) - British prosecutors said on Tuesday they would charge Prime Minister David Cameron's former media chief Andy Coulson with conspiring to pay public officials to secure the contact details of members of the Royal family.

BBC:

Operation Elveden: Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks face charges — Operation Elveden is the Metropolitan police's investigation into corrupt payments — Ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson and ex-News International executive Rebekah Brooks are to be charged in connection with payments to police and public officials.

Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
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Journalism.org:

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Emerging From Scandal, News Corporation Looks at Potential Acquisitions — News Corporation is starting to look like its old self again. — The media conglomerate, which had been on its heels for more than a year because of the phone hacking scandal in Britain, is looking to make acquisitions again.

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Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider:

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Liat Clark / Wired UK:

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

Lord McAlpine and ITV near settlement over Phillip Schofield blunder — Former Tory party treasurer understood to be negotiating six-figure sum with broadcaster following child abuse allegations — Lord McAlpine was on Monday night close to reaching a six-figure settlement with ITV …