2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations 2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations The "News of the World" phone hacking scandal investigations followed the revelations in 2005 of voicemail interception on behalf of "News of the World". Despite wider evidence of wrongdoing, the "News of the World" royal phone hacking scandal appeared resolved with the 2007 conviction of the "News of the World" royal editor Clive Goodman and the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, and the resignation of editor Andy Coulson. However, a series of civil legal cases and investigations by newspapers, parliament and the police ultimately saw evidence of "industrial scale" phone hacking, leading
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