Rupert Murdoch
15 August 2012. Murdoch told the staff of News Corporation that the company has launched a probe into corruption controls in several of its publishing arms including News International in London. The review focused on selected locations around the globe including London, where News International publishes the Sun, the Times and the Sunday Times. It also published the now-closed News of the World. It was reported that the probe started when Tom Mockridge replaced Rebekah Brooks as chief executive. The probe was accelerated when Imogen Haddon took over as chief compliance officer at News International in March. News Corp also appointed two New York-based compliance officers to oversee company-wide procedures. Murdoch’s note added, “I assured parliament and the Leveson inquiry that we would move quickly and aggressively to redress wrongdoing, co-operate with law enforcement officials and strengthen our compliance and ethics programme company-wide. With the support of our board of directors, I am pleased to tell you that we have made progress on each of these important steps.”
