Rebekah Brooks
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Rebekah Mary Brooks (née Wade; born 27 May 1968) is a British media executive and former journalist and newspaper editor. She has been chief executive officer of News UK since 2015. She was previously CEO of News International from 2009 to 2011 and was the youngest editor of a British national newspaper at News of the World, from 2000 to 2003, and the first female editor of The Sun, from 2003 to 2009. Brooks married actor Ross Kemp in 2002. They divorced in 2009 and she married former racehorse trainer and author Charlie Brooks. Brooks was a prominent figure in the News International phone hacking scandal, having been the editor of News of the World from 2000 to 2003 when one of the stories which involved illegal phone hacking was published by the newspaper. Following a criminal trial in 2014 she was found not guilty of conspiracy to hack voicemails, two counts of conspiracy to pay public officials and two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by a jury at the Old Bailey. In September 2015, Brooks was confirmed as CEO of News UK, the renamed News International, re-establishing a working relationship with Rupert Murdoch, founder and chairman of News Corp, and founder and executive chairman of American conservative cable news channel Fox News.
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Born
Rebekah Mary Wade (1968-05-27) 27 May 1968 (age 57)Warrington, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)
CEO, News UKJournalist, newspaper editor, media executive
Notable credit(s)
The Post, The Sun, News of the World
Spouses
mw- Ross Kemp (m. 2002; div. 2009) Charlie Brooks (m. 2009)
Children
1
Occupations
CEO, News UKJournalist, newspaper editor, media executive
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Preceded byPhil Hall
Preceded byPhil Hall
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Preceded byPhil Hall
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Deputy Editor of the News of the World 1995–1998
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Succeeded byBob Bird
Preceded byNeil Wallis
Preceded byNeil Wallis
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Preceded byNeil Wallis
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Deputy Editor of The Sun 1998–2000
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Succeeded byFergus Shanahan
Preceded byPhil Hall
Preceded byPhil Hall
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Preceded byPhil Hall
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Editor of the News of the World 2000–2003
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Succeeded byAndy Coulson
Preceded byDavid Yelland
Preceded byDavid Yelland
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Preceded byDavid Yelland
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Editor of The Sun 2003–2009
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Succeeded byDominic Mohan
| Media offices | ||
| Preceded byPhil Hall | Deputy Editor of the News of the World 1995–1998 | Succeeded byBob Bird |
| Preceded byNeil Wallis | Deputy Editor of The Sun 1998–2000 | Succeeded byFergus Shanahan |
| Preceded byPhil Hall | Editor of the News of the World 2000–2003 | Succeeded byAndy Coulson |
| Preceded byDavid Yelland | Editor of The Sun 2003–2009 | Succeeded byDominic Mohan |
References
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- Al Jazeerahttps://www.aljazeera.com/features/2011/7/15/profile-rebekah-brooks
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/08/mediatop100200289
- Reutershttps://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSLN22429520090623
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27997688
- The First Posthttps://web.archive.org/web/20110809093242/http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/81262,people,news,rebekah-brooks-from-secretary-to-controversy
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- The Independenthttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200302/ai_n9200502
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/09/phone-hacking-university-rebekah-brooks
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/08/rebekah-brooks-profile-phone-hacking
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/world/europe/08profile.html
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- "Police condemn vigilante violence"https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/865633.stm
- "Vigilante attack on innocent man"https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/848737.stm
- "Paediatrician attacks 'ignorant' vandals"https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/901723.stm
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/apr/07/pressandpublishing.sun
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- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,874340,00.html
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- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/24/pressandpublishing.uknews
- The Observerhttps://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,6903,1229681,00.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,912442,00.html
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- "Gloucestershire Officer Victorious in 10th Bravery Awards"https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203125/http://www.polfed.org/Region6.pdf
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/26/sun-newsinternational
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/sep/02/rebekah-brooks-return-tony-gallagher-sun-editor-rupert-murdoch
- walesonlinehttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rhondda-mp-chris-bryant-sue-1839999
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/19/phone-hacking-payment-victims
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/11/rebekah-brooks
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- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/sep/10/mps-backed-down-rebekah-brooks
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- The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8624611/News-of-the-World-closed-down-newspaper-staff-direct-fury-at-Rebekah-Brooks.html
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andreas-whittam-smith/andreas-whittam-smith-if-we-dont-act-now-worse-will-follow-2307923.html
- The New York Timeshttps://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/saudi-investor-suggested-brooks-had-to-go/
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/world/europe/16hacking.html
- Rebekah Brooks resigns New Statesman, 15 July 2011.http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/07/james-murdoch-resignation
- The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8684463/Phone-hacking-Rupert-Murdoch-tells-Rebekah-Brooks-to-travel-the-world.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/12/rebekah-brooks-news-corp
- "Editor free after Kemp 'assault'"https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4403026.stm
- Raf Sanchez "Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks arrested", The Daily Telegraph, 17 July 2011.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8643449/Phone-hacking-Rebekah-Brooks-arrested.html
- The Spy Reporthttps://web.archive.org/web/20110719115903/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arrested-over-phone-hacking-and-corruption-allegations/
- "Rebekah Brooks arrested over UK phone hacking scandal"https://web.archive.org/web/20110717205403/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/17/uk.phone.hacking/index.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/17/rebekah-brooks-arrest-phone-hacking
- "Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks arrested in Weeting probe"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17349578
- "Phone-hacking police charge Rebekah Brooks"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18062485
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-perverting-course-justice
- "Statement from Commissioner"http://content.met.police.uk/News/Statement-from-Commissioner/1260269177528/1257246741786
- "Examination of Witnesses (Question Numbers 1889–1899)-Assistant Commissioner John Yates and Detective Chief Superintendent Philip Williams"https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmcumeds/362/9090214.htm
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/13/phone-hacking-rogue-reporter-defence
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/sep/21/privacy2
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/08/phone-hacking-kate-middleton-tony-blair
- "Phone-hacking: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson in 2013 tria"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23804179
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24723801
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24762474
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27997688
- Daily Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/10913097/Rebekah-Brooks-cleared-but-Andy-Coulson-guilty-in-phone-hacking-trial.html
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/rebekah-brooks-loaned-police-horse-by-scotland-yard-7455267.html
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/rebekah-dave-and-the-chipping-norton-set-where-power-in-britain-lies-2309790.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/06/pressandpublishing.comment
- The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/2121751/Gordon-Browns-wife-Sarah-holds-slumber-party-at-Chequers.html
- BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26259956
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/04/pressandpublishing.sun
- The Scotsmanhttps://web.archive.org/web/20071212131254/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2191552005
- BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27158920
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/31/rebekah-brooks-andy-coulson-affair
- Reutershttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-hacking-affair-idUSBRE99U0WZ20131031
- The Independenthttps://web.archive.org/web/20080907130356/http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists/janet_street_porter/article2494228.ece
- Digital Spyhttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a148865/ross-kemp-granted-quickie-divorce.html
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/jun/05/rebekahwade-sun
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-redtop-redhead-who-became-the-first-lady-of-fleet-street-1715971.html
- The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-what-are-the-chances-for-the-countrys-first-quality-freesheet-1797664.html
- Vanity Fair, "Untangling Rebekah Brooks", Suzanna Andrews, February 2012, No. 618.https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/2/untangling-rebekah-brooks
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jan/25/rebekah-brooks-becomes-mother