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The History Of The News Of The World 1843 – 2011: In Photos

by | 7th, July 2011

THE News of the World is dead. The News of the World will close after a final edition this weekend, News International chairman James Murdoch said today. The tabloid newspaper will be published for the last time on Sunday after it was rocked by the phone hacking scandal.

This is the story in photos:

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Britain's Sunday tabloid News of the World Editor, Colin Myler, center, holds a copy of the latest issue as he leads his staff out of the headquarters of News International, the publisher of the title, in London, Saturday, July 9, 2011. News of the World is to cease publication following publication of the edition this Sunday July 10. News of the World is closing down following criticism and public outrage over allegations that some of the paper's journalists paid police for information and hacked into the voicemails of the mobile phones of young murder victims and the grieving families of dead soldiers, and other public figures.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)



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