By Kevin McCauley
Rebekah Brooks, who resigned the CEO post at News International in July, has received a $2.7M severance package, use of limousine/driver and a London office, according to a report in the Guardian.
The former editor of the now –shuttered News of the World tabloid, was a favorite of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. She stepped down as news of the phone hacking scandal reached a feverish pitch.
Brooks edited the NOTW from 2000-03 and then edited its sister publication, The Sun, from '03 to '09. London police arrested a Sun journalist last week on charges of bribing a police officer.
Rupert’s son James, who was Brooks’ boss, is to testify Thursday before the U.K. parliamentary committee that is probing the hacking scandal.
Labour MP Tom Watson, who is driving the hacking probe, believes its “remarkably curious that such a generous package is given to Ms. Brooks when others have been cut loose,'' according to British press reports. “It is almost as if she hasn't really left the company.”
Watson plans to ask Murdoch about the comp package given to Brooks.
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