Michael GoldfarbJanuary 5, 2012 04:39

British tabloid editor to take helm of New York Daily News

Colin Myler was the last editor of the now defunct News of the World, epicenter of the phone-hacking scandal

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Colin Myler last month on his way into the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics in Britain, set up in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. Myler was the last editor of the now defunct News of the World (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Colin Myler is one of a very short list - editors-in-chief of big circulation daily tabloid newspapers. Most are either British or Australian. New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has a track record of hiring Brits to run the paper and that may explain why he decided to overlook Myler's connections to the phone-hacking scandal.

Myler replaces Kevin Convey, a Boston guy and former editor of the Boston Herald, who had been editing the NYDN for less than two years.

It is also possible Zuckerman hired Myler to get under the skin of his great commercial rival, Rupert Murdoch, owner of the New York Post.

Michael GoldfarbDecember 14, 2011 03:46

Phone Hacking Scandal Revisited

James Murdoch saw the the crucial e-mail at the heart of the phone-hacking scandal - he just didn't read the whole thing

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James Murdoch still lives in the shadow of the phone-hacking scandal at his British newspapers. (CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images)

What did James Murdoch know in the phone-hacking scandal and when did he know it? We'll probably never find out.

Rupert Murdoch and sons re-elected to News Corp. board

Catherine LyonsOctober 21, 2011 20:24

Rupert Murdoch apologized for the phone hacking scandal, but defended his company against angered investors at the News Corporation's board meeting in Los Angeles on Friday.