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more about #leshinton more comments → raincoaster: I honestly, seriously, have NO idea why this is a story now. Guido Fawkes covered it extensively when it first broke, what, a year and a half ago? Kn... more » m4ximusprim3: Gotta love the british understatement of "inviting" him to speak. In murrica, he'd be "invited" with a subpoena and a baseball bat. more » Mediahohoho: In this episode, Les seems to have forgotten his trademark Bandaid prop. more » OMG! Ponies!: Bloodcopy is a joke of a Gawker blog. There's your Gawker/Bloodcopy joke. more » Foster Kamer: Nice. Does that put Bill Keller in the William Sanderson role? more » -
#scandal
Dow Jones Chief to Stiff British Parliament
Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton was asked last week by England's House of Commons to testify about the rampant wiretapping that he allegedly oversaw when running Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers. He's not going to show. More » -
#scandals
What Did Les Hinton Know About the News Corp. Wiretapping, and When Did He Know It?
The wiretapping scandal rocking Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper holdings is getting bad enough that Rupert is ducking questions from his own Fox Business reporters. It could also reach across the pond to his beloved acquisition, the Wall Street Journal. More » -
#newspapers
WSJ Exec Calls Google a 'Digital Vampire'
Dow Jones Chief Executive Les Hinton said in a speech that Google was a "digital vampire" that is "sucking the blood" out of the newspaper business. Cue the Gawker/True Blood/Bloodcopy jokes now. [Crain's New York]
