British phone-hacking scandal

News Corp. players include, clockwise from left, its chairman, Rupert Murdoch; former editor of the News of the World tabloid Colin Myler; Murdoch’s son and Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch; former News International Executive Chairman Les Hinton; and former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone.   (AFP / GettyImages)

Actor Jude Law and 18 other victims of phone hacking by Britain’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid have reached settlements with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

News International tried to persuade hacking victims who sued the company to forgo trial and accept a financial settlement. Actress Sienna Miller, pictured here in a scene from the movie “The Edge of Love,” accepted a formal apology from the company and $160,000 in damages.   (Liam Daniel / Capitol Films)

Former News International Chairman James Murdoch arrives at the high court in 2012 to give evidence to an inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press in Britian.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

Members of the British Parliament listen to News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer James Murdoch as he answers questions about the phone-hacking scandal.  (AFP / Getty Images)

Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Yates announced his resignation after being suspended by the police authority in 2011.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

Les Hinton, shown in 2008, resigned as chief executive of Dow Jones & Co.  (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Actor Hugh Grant, one of the phone-hacking victims, protested about the alleged actions of the News of the World outside Parliament. Grant also gave evidence in the Leveson inquiry into the standards of the British press.  (Carl Court / AFP / Getty Images)