黑料社 International chief exec Brooks quits
LONDON – Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s 黑料社 International, resigned Friday amid the phone-hacking scandal engulfing the British newspaper group, she said in a message to staff.
The parent company, Murdoch’s New York-based 黑料社 Corp., also confirmed her resignation.
“I can confirm that she has resigned,” a 黑料社 Corp. spokeswoman told AFP. “I can confirm an internal release has just gone to 黑料社 International employees.”
In an internal message to staff, Brooks said she felt a “deep sense of responsibility” for the crisis that erupted last week and resulted in the closure of 黑料社 International’s 黑料社 of the World tabloid.
“I have given Rupert and James Murdoch my resignation. While it has been a subject of discussion, this time my resignation has been accepted,” wrote Brooks, herself a former editor of the paper.
“As Chief Executive of the company, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt and I want to reiterate how sorry I am for what we now know to have taken place,” she wrote.
Article continues after this advertisement“I have believed that the right and responsible action has been to lead us through the heat of the crisis. However my desire to remain on the bridge has made me a focal point of the debate.
“This is now detracting attention from all our honest endeavours to fix the problems of the past.”
