Mediagazer: DOJ Notified News Corp. About Phone-Record Seizure (Devlin Barrett/Wall Street Journal)

9:35 PM ET, May 26, 2013

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

News Corp. Says It Was Not Told of Subpoena for Reporter's Phone Records — News Corporation said on Sunday that it had no record of being notified by the Justice Department nearly three years ago of a subpoena for the telephone records of a reporter at its Fox News cable channel.

Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:

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