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Dominic Lipinski

Rebekah Brooks 'to head up Storyful in News Corp return'

The former editor of the Sun and the News of the World was acquitted on hacking charges last year.

REBEKAH BROOKS, WHO was acquitted at a phone hacking trial last year, is to return to News Corp to run its Irish-created Storyful arm, according to reports this morning.

Brooks is said by the New York Times and the Financial Times to be returning to the fold to head up Storyful.

The New York Times says sources indicated that Brooks will take on an executive role, focusing on News Corps’ “digital endeavours”.

The Financial Times says that Brooks will return to run Storyful, which was founded in Dublin by Irish journalist Mark Little.

TheJournal.ie understands that Brooks has already made a number of visits to Storyful’s offices on Dublin’s Lower Mount Street.

It is believed that Brooks will be based in the UK, and will travel to spend time at Storyful’s Dublin office.

Storyful was acquired by News Corp in late 2013 for €18million. The company’s work includes verifying and distributing videos and other user-generated content.

Little, its former CEO, said at the time of the acquisition: “We believe that journalism in the age of social media needs to be open, innovative and collaborative, and so does the business model that will sustain it. News Corp is a natural fit for a company which wants to help reinvent the news industry.”

Brooks resigned as chief executive of News International in 2011. She later faced charges related to phone-hacking, but was cleared of all of these last summer.

Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor, was found guilty and imprisoned.

News Corp and Storyful have not yet commented on the reports.

Read: Rebekah Brooks says she has been ‘vindicated’>

Read: Andy Coulson found guilty but Rebekah Brooks cleared at phone hacking trial>

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    Mute mcbab
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:29 AM

    Bad news for storyful. She’s toxic.

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    Mute Hermes
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:05 PM

    Aren’t the timers in Ireland owned by the same boss ?

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    Mute Hermes
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 3:06 PM

    The Times …

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    Mute Michael Budd
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:40 AM

    Why is this women not n jail? That’s it she has rich powerful friends.

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    Mute The Guru
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:37 AM

    Describing News Corp as “open, innovative and collaborative” must have been tough for Mark Little. Doubt he cares too much sleeping like a baby on a bed of their money though!

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    Mute Dungeon Master
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:14 AM

    That’s how he described Storyful at the time of sale,not News Corp

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    Mute The Guru
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 9:16 AM

    He said that and then said News Corp is a natural for. Thus you are wrong and I’m right. Never second guess the Guru.

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    Mute FlopFlipU
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:43 AM

    Maybe in order to get back working she had to work for little or nothing

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    Mute thejournaltroll
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:24 AM

    She won’t be working for Little. He sold his share and no longer has involvement.
    Never heard of somebody called Nothing.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:48 PM

    I think thought he said he was going to keep working for them but in a more creative capacity?

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    Mute Paul Fanshawe
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 9:08 AM

    I often wonder why people have to “head up” something nowadays. There was a time not long ago when people just headed things.

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    Mute Alan Kennedy
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 9:49 AM

    It happened around the same time people previously referred to as “staff” or “employees” became “staffers”.

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    Mute FionaDunkin
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:21 PM

    And when lessons became ‘learnings’.

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    Mute Denise Friary
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:05 AM

    Cathal… Rebecca was found not guilty that means she is innocent so behave, its great to see her back.

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    Mute danielo
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:07 AM

    What’s great in having her back so she can pedal Rupert Murdoch’s lies.

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    Mute Cathal Leonard
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:11 AM

    Are you joking Denise? Do you honestly beleave she knew noting of the phone tapping and so on? I don’t, not for a second.

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    Mute Denise Friary
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:45 AM

    The woman is innocent and proven innocent.. I bet you wouldn’t dare say them slanderous to her face.

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    Mute Jack Dexter
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 7:58 AM

    Denise your correct the woman is innocent, and it looks like Cathal got frightened off by your comment to say the slander to Mrs Brooks face,-

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    Mute Joe Conway
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:01 AM

    World of difference between ‘innocent’ and ‘not guilty’.

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    Mute Cathal Leonard
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:01 AM

    I am at a loss as to why you would try defend this woman? Please explain to me why you think it’s so great to have her back? If she is some kind of role model god help us all.

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    Mute Gordon Gekko
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:10 AM

    She is a real journalist pursuing the truth at any cost. Great to see her back.

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    Mute Del Haven
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:50 AM

    She has a guilty look about her

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    Mute Cathal Leonard
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:53 AM

    Wow the truth at any price? Really? Too high a price for my liking. We have rights and and it’s not up to her or her friends and supporters to walk all over them. If you can’t see the value and the cost of loosing that, you should think again. It’s a freedom you should cherish. Good luck.

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    Mute Legs Teamo
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:58 AM

    I think Brooks is already engaging in some media spin pre coming to Ireland. Meet her alter ego Denise

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    Mute Emmet Purcell
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:30 PM

    Denise rightly points out that Brooks was found not guilty and gets red thumbs, yet some guy writes that she has a ‘guilty look about her’ and the green thumbs come rolling in. God forbid some of you are ever on jury duty.

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    Mute Gordon Gekko
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 3:40 PM

    Freedom that is rapidly being eroded by weak willed politicians in Ireland and nameless, faceless puppet masters in the EU.

    I would love for a bit of phone hacking to just get an idea of how far we are being sold out and mislead.

    You’re an idiot if you think the NOTW would have been interested in hacking average joe down the street who is cheating on his wife.

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    Mute Cathal Leonard
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 8:46 AM

    At any cost? Wow that’s a very high price. Good luck

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 9:59 AM

    I would.

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    Mute Keelan O'neill
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 11:38 AM

    Work for her or the other thing?

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 4:20 PM

    Many have

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    Mute Coco McDee
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:07 PM

    Great age will continue to get paid lots if money for contributing to the dumbing down if society. It’s not journalism. It’s bullshit printed and if its news and keeping us all distracted while the real players like Rupert Murdoch and our own lovely Denis O Brien are busy trying to run the world and yer woman will do their biddig very well that’s why she’s not going away

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 2:30 PM

    Trouble will follow this Lady where ever she goes

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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:47 PM

    Toxic she may be. But you can’t deny she’s effin’ gorgeous!!!

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    Mute Snorri Sturleson
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 12:54 PM

    A great acquisition to the scribblers league of Ireland. She will bring a whole new standard to irish journalism. Lock up your phone’s and remember rupee is a man of honour.

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    Mute Spoddgy
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    Mar 2nd 2015, 10:23 AM

    Ah! The system works!

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