News Corp. Again Under Phone-Hack Spotlight

LONDON—A former News Corp. executive said Rupert Murdoch was wrong to blame outside law firm Harbottle & Lewis LLP for the company's failure to properly investigate phone hacking at its now-closed News of the World tabloid.
But the executive—Jon Chapman, the former head of legal affairs at News Corp.'s U..K newspaper unit—told a parliamentary hearing that he thought the News Corp. chairman and chief executive hadn't been properly briefed on the issue.
Mr. Chapman spoke to the Culture, Media and Sport committee Tuesday alongside News International's

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