James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch announced that the News of the World, will cease publication this Sunday, after allegations of telephone hacking.
LA Times
London — News International says it is shutting down the News of the World tabloid at the center of a phone hacking scandal.
James Murdoch, who heads the newspaper’s European operations, says the 168 year old newspaper will publish its last edition Sunday. The scandal has cost the paper prestige…more
Damn, what will people use to line their bird cages now? Don’t do it James! Think of the Parakeets!
They do own other newspapers in London.
This really is a big deal. Doesn’t this paper have the largest circulation in the world? And where was the rest of the media while all this was going on?
I don’t know about the circulation, but the only news outlet that was/is keeping up with the story, was the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/