BREAKING: Les Hinton, Murdoch Lieutenant for 50+ Years and Dow Jones CEO, to Leave the Company

[Hissyspit]

Source: WSJ

Reuters: RT @WSJ: Breaking: Les Hinton, chief executive of News Corp.'s Dow Jones & Co. unit, is to resign today. http://wsj.com

By RUSSELL ADAMS

Les Hinton, who headed News Corp.'s News International unit when the phone-hacking allegations roiling the media empire first arose, on Friday will resign his post as chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., according to a person familiar with the matter.

Mr. Hinton had come under increasing scrutiny recently as a cascade of allegations indicated the problems at the center of the scandal were more widespread than he had twice led a parliamentary committee to believe.

In 2007 and 2009, Mr. Hinton told the committee that the company had carried out a full investigation into the matter and was convinced just one of its journalists was involved.

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304203304576448291349364376.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories

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Rats jumping ship.

[EFerrari]

1. I wonder if we should keep track of the jumpers

before they crawl back into their nests. For later.

[Bozita]

7. Here's a song suitable for this fine occasion ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yge311sFhC8

[EFerrari]

10. Perfect. Corrupting the media should be considered

a crime against humanity.

[fascisthunter]

9. or end up working in our government

sorry, I should just go for a walk.

[EFerrari]

13. Are we hiring again?

LOL

[movonne]

12. Maybe not jumpers....they were just pushed...probably murdoch's

lawyers suggested this...because maybe more too come..

[Canuckistanian]

23. There's more than this?

Do you know anything?

[tishaLA]

18. maybe a deck of playing cards

Like the assholes in the previous administration did in Iraq. It'd be poetic justice.

[EFerrari]

24. Code Pink made an excellent one. But I just remembered something.

Greg Mitchell is blogging this at The Nation so, whatever we need, he'll have on his blog.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Another potential witness

[mike_c]

3. Murdoch's poisonous tenticles spreading the love....

Good riddance to them all!

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I predict this is only the beginning

If ol' Ruprecht's mother were still alive, he'd throw her under the bus in order to save his own pasty backside.

[No Elephants]

5. Fifty years?

That's like pedophile priests or murderers who didn't finally get arrested until their 70's or 80's.

Before anyone jumps, I am not equating this guy with a murderer or pedophile. I'm just saying I don't like it when people live a fairly long life pretty much as they wish before justice catches up with them. (Apparently, she is a really slow walker. Then again, I would be too if I were blindfolded.)

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Maybe he's had enough of Rupert's snoring.

50 years is a long time to be in bed with Murdoch.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Probably just looking to relax and enjoy his family.

Heck, everyone needs to kick back and take it easy.

:sarcasm:

[Laf.La.Dem.]

15. LOL - That sounds right

This LIBERAL site does not understand!!

[fantomas]

11. Give him the cell next to Bradley Manning

Just because Murdoch's hackers wear suits doesn't mean we can't give 'em a little solitary confinement.

[Iliyah]

14. Its easier to

depos an employee than a non or ex-employee. Murdock's lawyers are trying to distant themselves but also make to harder for investigators to investigate. They are also destroying any paper trail especially in the US. Murdock doesn't want his lying empire to fold or become much lesser because it will be harder for the right wing nutso to get their ugly message out. I would love to see a lot of the right wing radio stations close or at least make it equal to center and progressives.

[plumbob]

16. Looks like plenty of room left under that bus to me.

[Kingofalldems]

17. K and R for all the Steve Doocy fans

[ck4829]

19. K&R

[Maine-ah]

20. Doesn't Murdoch own WSJ?

[yardwork]

21. Oh yes. The family sold it to him.

[SemperEadem]

22. already playing the distancing game

it's going to be interesting watching how karma comes back on that whole evil pack of hyenas.