NEWS CORP-BROOKS/ARRIVAL Rebekah Brooks returns to work for Rupert Murdoch at News UK

Record ID: 141641

  • Title: NEWS CORP-BROOKS/ARRIVAL Rebekah Brooks returns to work for Rupert Murdoch at News UK
  • Date: 7th September 2015
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 7, 2015) (REUTERS) THE SHARD AND NEWS UK BUILDING PEOPLE WALKING PAST BUILDING NEWS UK ENTRANCE REBEKAH BROOKS WALKING INTO NEWS UK PERSON HUGS BROOKS INSIDE
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5JDLIBI7Q89THLTMENJOVS2C2
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  • Story Text: Rebekah Brooks arrived at the News UK headquarters on Monday (September 7), returning to run Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers and attempting to rebuild her reputation following the phone hacking scandal.
    Brooks, the media mogul's protegee who was cleared last year of being part of a criminal phone hacking campaign to dig up news stories, resumes oversight of Britain's The Sun and The Times papers as News UK chief executive, following a four-year battle to clear her name.
    On her return, she will face a new fight to stem falling circulation at The Sun, the move of advertisers online and the simmering resentment from some staff who feel Murdoch sought to protect Brooks above all others when faced with the crisis engulfing his company.
    Renowned for her networking abilities, the 47-year-old will also have to find a way to rebuild ties with those who run the country after her 2011 fall from grace led to her vilification.
    A scrum of media and photographers were awaiting Brooks as she arrived at the company's offices on Monday morning.
    She told reporters gathered that it was 'great' to be back at work.
    Brooks' return marks a spectacular comeback for someone who worked her way up from the lowest rung on the newsroom ladder to become one of the most powerful women in Britain and a close friend to the last three prime ministers.
    That all seemed set to end in 2011 when the News of the World tabloid she once edited admitted its journalists had hacked into thousands of voicemails including those of a murdered schoolgirl to break news, sparking widespread public revulsion.
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