BBC - Homepage. Crikey -- On politics, media, business, the environment and life. Looking Back at 2011: Retrospectives and Ideas for Teaching With Them. Updated | Jan. 1, 2012 We love a good year-end retrospective, and this week we’ve been rounding up the 2011 crop, from The Times and from around the Web. Following our list of links, we’ve posted some ideas for using them — in or out of the classroom. Retrospectives From The Learning Network 2011 in Rhyme and Headlines: The ‘Year in Rap’ and Our Annual News Quiz Students Opinion Question | What Will You Remember Most From 2011? Times Overviews 2011: The Year in Pictures Magazine | The Lives They Lived and The Music They Made Photo Quilt | The Lives They Loved Readers submit photographs and stories about someone close to them who died this year.
TimesCast | 2011: The Year in Media (Video) Well | The Most Popular Health Topics of 2011 2011 Scrapbook | Memories From the Year in Sports Bits Blog | 2011: The Year in Memes Books | The 10 Best Books of 2011 and 100 Notable Books of 2010 Film | 2011 Favorites of A.O. Opinion | Gail Collins and David Brooks: The Year in Review — And Next Year in Preview 1. 2.
Murdoch Makes Fresh Apology Over Hacking Scandal. Rebekah Brooks, the News Corp. executive removed last week amid the U.K. phone-hacking scandal, was arrested by police as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch made a fresh apology in national newspapers. Brooks, 43, attended a London police station voluntarily by pre-arranged appointment, her spokesman David Wilson said today in a phone interview. Police said in an e-mailed statement they arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of corruption and conspiring to intercept communications. The escalating crisis around the News of the World has within two weeks forced the closure of the 168-year-old tabloid and the resignation of executives including Brooks, CEO of the News International U.K. publishing unit, and its former Chairman Les Hinton.
Murdoch last week withdrew a 7.8 billion pound ($12.6 billion) bid for full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc amid opposition from U.K. politicians. News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Close News Corp. Close Open July 19 Hearing U.S.