2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations the next several years. The case had been expected to reveal the details of previous settlements the paper had made, including the £1 million spent in 2009, settling with three phone hacking victims, and the unfair dismissal claim won by Clive Goodman. Clifford had won court rulings in February earlier that year that meant that the "News of the World" would have had to disclose previously secret information regarding which journalists were involved in hacking voicemail messages. A judge ruled that Glenn Mulcaire had to disclose the names of all the journalists who targeted Clifford and also those who received
Media coverage in conjunction with the news media phone hacking scandal with most stories not on the first 10 pages of the paper. Sydney tabloid "The Daily Telegraph" carried nine stories, the least of any paper. The "Adelaide Advertiser" and the "Herald Sun" each ran 16 stories. During the week, all papers carried at least one editorial regarding phone hacking. The "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Herald Sun" carried two. Media coverage in conjunction with the news media phone hacking scandal This is a chronological list of key newspaper articles that made significant new public disclosures about the illegal acquisition of confidential information by news media companies. This is a chronological