London - News International said on Friday it had agreed to pay the family of murdered British schoolgirl Milly Dowler £2m, with another £1m going to charity, in settlement of phone-hacking claims.
The announcement came ahead of Friday’s annual meeting in Los Angeles of parent company News Corp at which the issue of hacking by the now defunct UK newspaper the News of the World is expected to fuel demands by some investors for the ousting of Rupert Murdoch.
The announcement came ahead of Friday’s annual meeting in Los Angeles of parent company News Corp at which the issue of hacking by the now defunct UK newspaper the News of the World is expected to fuel demands by some investors for the ousting of Rupert Murdoch.