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Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Murdoch's UK tabloids

Headline from Digital Journal, on the newest of 2 developments

Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal's

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  1. Prince Harry's battle against Murdoch UK tabloids goes to trial

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    Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Murdoch's UK tabloids

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  1. Digital Journal

    Prince Harry's battle against Murdoch UK tabloids goes to trial (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Prince Harry's hotly anticipated lawsuit trial against a British tabloid publisher alleging it carried out unlawful information gathering will start

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Prince Harry eying settlement in privacy case with Rupert Murdoch's tabloids (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Prince Harry's high-stakes trial pitting him against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids has stalled amid settlement discussions.

  3. NPR

    Murdoch's News Corp offers Prince Harry settlement to resolve years-long lawsuit (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Rupert Murdoch's team made the offer to resolve the hacking suits from Prince Harry and a British lawmaker as a trial was to begin. A settlement could help Washington Post CEO Will Lewis.

  4. NPR

    Prince Harry settles with Murdoch's British tabloids as trial is about to begin (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Prince Harry has agreed to settle his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids. The deal ends a years' long battle to hold the newspapers accountable for invasions of privacy.

  5. Digital Journal

    Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Murdoch's UK tabloids (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal's

  6. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Prince Harry settles lawsuit with Murdoch papers after apology (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The Duke of Sussex’s decision to settle his claims against News Group Newspapers brings an end to his attempts to expose the publisher in open court.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Prince Harry settles legal claim against Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspapers (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Publisher agrees to pay ‘substantial damages’ to drop long-running legal claims

  8. Forbes

    Prince Harry Agrees To Settle Lawsuit With Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Just Before Trial (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Murdoch’s U.K.-based publisher of the Sun tabloid, News Group Newspapers, has agreed to pay “substantial damages” to settle Harry’s legal claim.

  9. The Guardian

    Prince Harry settles legal claim against Sun publisher (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    NGN apologises to royal ‘for phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators’

  10. The Republic

    Murdoch's UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.

  11. New York Times

    Prince Harry Agrees to Settlement as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Offer Full Apology (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers offered Harry an “unequivocal apology” for “unlawful” activities at The Sun newspaper and agreed to pay substantial damages.

  12. Deadline

    Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers Apologizes To Prince Harry In Court As Settlement Reached In Privacy Case (opens Deadline)

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    Deadline's feed description

    Prince Harry has settled with Rupert Murdoch's NGN and received an apology over The Sun and News of the World claims.

  13. The Boston Globe

    Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s Sun tabloid (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The deal means that Harry will not be able to seek a court ruling validating his allegations that News Group Newspapers' journalists went to illegal extremes to dig up dirt on his life and that executives at the company helped cover up the bad acts.

  14. AL.com

    Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids apologize for spying on Prince Harry, agree to pay damages (opens AL.com)

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    AL.com's feed description

    Having previously said he wanted to see his case go to trial, the royal reached a settlement before an argument was even made in London’s High Court.

  15. CNN

    Rupert Murdoch’s outlets rarely apologize. The Prince Harry case was different (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Rupert Murdoch’s media empire just did something incredibly unusual: It said sorry.

  16. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Prince Harry settles lawsuit against Murdoch's UK tabloids with 'substantial' damages (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    Harry first started legal action against News Group Newspapers in 2019.

  17. Variety

    Prince Harry Settles Case Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids as News Group Newspapers Offers ‘Full and Unequivocal Apology’ (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    News Group Newspapers have agreed to pay substantial damages and has apologized for phone hacking

  18. FOX 61 Hartford

    Prince Harry secures historic apology and payout from Rupert Murdoch's tabloid empire (opens FOX 61 Hartford)

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    FOX 61 Hartford's feed description

    Harry had vowed to take his case to trial to publicly expose the newspaper’s wrongdoing and win a court ruling upholding his claims.

  19. The Hollywood Reporter

    Prince Harry Settles Privacy Case as Murdoch’s ‘The Sun’ Owner Offers Him “Unequivocal Apology” (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Prince Harry has settled his case against the publisher of Murdoch's 'The Sun' newspaper, who has offered the Duke a full apology.

  20. Washington Examiner

    Prince Harry settles suit against newspapers after apology (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Prince Harry alleged the papers had acted illegally to obtain information about him between 1996 and 2011 in a lawsuit that began more than five years ago.

  21. CBS News

    Prince Harry settles lawsuit with Rupert Murdoch's News Group newspapers for apology, "substantial damages" (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British News Group Newspapers for an apology and "substantial damages."

  22. Washington Times

    British tabloid admits to decades of spying on Prince Harry in landmark settlement (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch's U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.

  23. UPI

    Prince Harry settles complaint against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Prince Harry settled his phone hacking case against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers on Wednesday, receiving an apology from the company and damages, his attorney told the British high court.

  24. Salon

    Prince Harry gets apology from Rupert Murdoch's UK papers for "serious intrusion" on his life (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    Prince Harry has settled with Rupert Murdoch's U.K. papers and received an apology for intruding on his life

  25. Deutsche Welle

    Prince Harry settles suit with Murdoch media after apology – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The Duke of Sussex would have faced a high legal bill even if he had won the case. Harry had accused Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers of unlawfully spying on him.

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