Les Hinton Resigns: Wall Street Journal Publisher, Top Murdoch Ally Out Over Phone Hacking
July 15, 2011
Les Hinton, a longtime ally and confidante of Rupert Murdoch, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and the CEO of Dow Jones, is resigning, the paper reported Friday. His resignation is effective immediately.
Hinton was the head of Murdoch's British newspaper division, News International, from 1995 to 2007--the period in which employees illegally hacked into thousands of peoples' voicemails. He has also been at Murdoch's side for 52 years, since he was just 15 years old. His departure came on the same day that the current head of News International, Rebekah Brooks, also resigned, and leaves Murdoch's son, James, as the last remaining recent head of the scandal-scarred division not to have stepped down from the company.
Hinton was the head of Murdoch's British newspaper division, News International, from 1995 to 2007--the period in which employees illegally hacked into thousands of peoples' voicemails. He has also been at Murdoch's side for 52 years, since he was just 15 years old. His departure came on the same day that the current head of News International, Rebekah Brooks, also resigned, and leaves Murdoch's son, James, as the last remaining recent head of the scandal-scarred division not to have stepped down from the company.
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