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Thirty-two billion, that's how much News Corp, the Murdoch media empire, is worth. And this tiny fraction, $1.6 billion, is from News International, Murdoch's British subsidiary of newspaper, including the Sun--the most popular paper in the country, more than 7 million readers every day.
320億，這就是默多克的傳媒帝國——新聞集團(tuán)的總產(chǎn)值。而其中很小的一個(gè)部分——16億美元，則是新聞國際——默多克旗下分支英國報(bào)業(yè)（包括英國最受歡迎的報(bào)紙，每天有700萬人訂閱的《太陽報(bào)》）的總產(chǎn)值。
But the Sun and News International are under close scrutiny. 300 million emails, that's what News Corp's internal investigation has given to police, in an effort to clean up the ongoing phone-hacking scandal that shut down Britain's oldest newspaper: News of the World.
但目前《太陽報(bào)》和新聞國際正在接受嚴(yán)格審查。新聞集團(tuán)內(nèi)部調(diào)查小組交移警方3億封電子郵件，致力于清除還在持續(xù)的竊聽丑聞。竊聽門導(dǎo)致英國歷史最悠久的報(bào)紙《世界新聞報(bào)》關(guān)閉。
So far, over the course, the investigation was started last year, more than 30 have been arrested from News International, including top executives, among them, 9 former and current staff from the Sun arrested in recent weeks, amid allegations of bribing public officials for information. All have been released on bail, none charged and few have spoken publicly about their arrest, but those who have maintained their innocence. Nearly 200 million and counting, that how much the phone-hacking scandal has cost News International from legal fees to settlements with victims.
目前為止，在這期間，調(diào)查自去年年底開始，大概30名新聞國際高管、記者被捕，其中《太陽報(bào)》9名前任和現(xiàn)任記者近期被捕，陷身于賄賂政府官員的指控。被捕人員全部獲得保釋，沒有人上訴，極少有人公開回應(yīng)被捕事件，除了那些堅(jiān)稱自身清白的人。新聞國際為竊聽門付出大約2億代價(jià)，包括律師費(fèi)及與竊聽事件受害者和解費(fèi)用。
News Corp is now facing three ongoing police investigations: one parliamentary inquiry, and one judicial inquiry as well as a number of civil law suits. It all adds up to one big headache for Rupert Murdoch.
新聞集團(tuán)目前正面臨著警方的調(diào)查：一次議會調(diào)查，一次司法調(diào)查以及一系列的民事訴訟。這都讓魯伯特·默多克頭疼不已。
So will he rid himself of his prized British paper--the Sun, to save the rest of his empire? Answers perhaps when Murdoch arrives in London this week.
因此他會為了成全自己的媒體帝國而舍棄《太陽報(bào)》嗎？答案也許在默多克這周抵達(dá)倫敦時(shí)才能揭曉。
Atika Shubert, CNN, London.
阿蒂卡·舒伯特，CNN，倫敦。
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