A former Hollywood stunt double has sued News Corp and its subsidiary News International, accusing the companies of ordering the hacking of her phone.

News Corp is facing its first phone hacking case in the US, after a lawsuit from Angelina Jolie's former stunt double opened up a new front in the litigation against the owner of The Sun and the now closed News of the World.

New News Corp controls the media group's publishing businesses in Australia, Britain and the US, including News Limited in Australia, HarperCollins book publishing, 50 per cent of Foxtel, Fox Sports, online real estate business REA Group and the ...

SYDNEY�Shares in the publishing company spun off of News Corp. made their debut in Sydney, giving the new company a market value of about 8.91 billion Australian dollars (US$8.43 billion).

Investors get one share in the new company for every four they already own in the old News Corp., which will be renamed after the split formally takes place June 28.

And News Corp will be watching in anticipation for any signs investors are dumping shares in the New News Corp, the hived off company that controls publishing in Australia, the UK and the US.

Eunice Huthart, of Liverpool, England, is the first person to sue the media company in the U.S. She cited numerous references to the United Kingdom phone hacking scandal involving News Corp. companies and claims numerous grounds for damages.

LOS ANGELES - A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

... Eunice Huthart, said reporters from News Corp's tabloids The Sun and the defunct News of the World, hacked her mobile phone while she was working for Jolie on location in Los Angeles.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, is the first News Corp. has faced in the US by someone claiming to have been a target of phone hacking, according to a person familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the ...