Four years after the phone scandal that rocked the UK media, ex-News International chief Rebekah Brooks is reportedly going back to work for Rupert Murdoch.
Brooks is nearing a deal to rejoin the Murdoch media empire and once again become the chief executive of News Corp's UK branch (formerly known as News International), according to The Financial Times.
The journalist will likely be working in this position with David Dinsmore, who will move over from his current job as The Sun's editor.
No official comment has been made by either Brooks or News Corp at this time, but sources have suggested to The Financial Times that an announcement could come next month.
Last summer, Brooks was acquitted of all charges stemming from The News of the World allegedly using illegal phone hacking tactics to break news stories.
Following her acquittal, Brooks spoke publicly to say: "I am innocent of the crimes that I was charged with and I feel vindicated by the unanimous verdict.
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"When I was arrested it was in the middle of a maelstrom of controversy of politics and of comment. Some of it was fair but much of it was not."
In all, Brooks was cleared by a jury at the Old Bailey of four counts: phone hacking, conspiring to pervert the course of justice, and two counts of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office.
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