News International was facing three fresh inquiries into the conduct of its journalists and executives following the Guardian's disclosures that Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire paid £1m to keep secret the use of criminal methods to get stories... A powerful Commons select committee said it would be calling senior managers from News International to give evidence as early as next week to clarify what they knew about malpractice by journalists at the News of the World. Andy Coulson, the former editor of the paper and now the Conservative party's director of communications, will be asked to appear. He has always denied he knew reporters working for him had hacked into the mobile phones of politicians and celebrities. [also refers to Sun (part of News Corporation), News International (part of News Corporation)]