This led to the arrest of Wallis, his former boss Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks and others.
Facing calls for the firing of Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News Corp.
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Former News International boss Rebekah Brooks has been formally charged over phone hacking, Scotland Yard has said.
The executives are Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the Sun who later rose to lead News Corp.
Rebekah Brooks will then give evidence to the committee on her own, when the Murdochs have finished.
Now there are two reasons why News Corporation and News International were so keen to protect Rebekah Brooks.
His resignation comes just hours after Rebekah Brooks stepped down as CEO of News International, News Corp.
So far, 10 people have been arrested, including, on Sunday, Rebekah Brooks, the head of News International.
Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief who Murdoch backed until last week, was arrested yesterday in London.
The editor of News of the World, Rebekah Brooks, resigned her post and was arrested this past weekend.
"We have been very pleased with the response from readers since the launch, " said Rebekah Brooks, News International's chief executive.
In November prosecutors charged Rebekah Brooks, a former editor of the Sun who later rose to lead News Corp.
And he told the Reuters news agency News International's chief executive and former NoW editor, Rebekah Brooks, has his "total" support.
As prime minister he went to Rebekah Brooks wedding and his wife Sarah invited Brooks to a "slumber party" at Chequers.
He said he had not granted an application by former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks for core participant status.
What did Rebekah Brooks mean when she told News of the World journalists that there was so much worse to come?
Cameron's former director of communications, Andy Coulson, and Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Murdoch's News International, were charged Tuesday.
After the re-arrest of former News International boss Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie, the papers point out their association with David Cameron.
It was clear that something had to give but I had assumed that something would be the chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks.
As for Rebekah Brooks, what may be riveting is what she has to say about her erstwhile friends in the current and previous government.
Cameron's former director of communications Andy Coulson is among eight journalists facing charges, as is Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Murdoch's News International.
The meeting between Mr Murdoch and Milly's parents and sister came on the day that Rebekah Brooks resigned amid mounting pressure over the phone hacking allegations.
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Tom Mockridge, who took over from Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of News International last July, and Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey will also appear.
Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, 44, from Churchill, Oxfordshire, also appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday to face charges in relation to a separate case.
Rebekah Brooks stepped down as CEO of the subdiary, while Les Hinton, who preceded her in that job, was forced to depart as CEO of News Corp.
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At any time the news that Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks were facing yet another set of serious criminal charges would have been difficult for David Cameron.
Mr Cameron has faced questions about whether he had discussed the BSkyB bid with James Murdoch at a Christmas party hosted by then News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks in 2010.
Eight people, including former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former spokesman, are facing a total of 19 charges relating to phone hacking.
Mr Miliband said it was an insult to the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked, that Rebekah Brooks was still News International's chief executive.
First is that there is probably no one involved in the business, whose surname isn't Murdoch, who is as close to Rupert Murdoch, News Corp's chairman, as is Rebekah Brooks.
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