The mass-circulation tabloid at the center of the British phone hacking scandal is to be closed after a final, ad-free Sunday edition this weekend, according a statement by a top official at News Corp., James Murdoch, that acknowledged “serious problems” and “repeated wrongdoing.” New York Times
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Murdoch to kill off News of the World
The mass-circulation tabloid at the center of the British phone hacking scandal is to be closed after a final, ad-free Sunday edition this weekend, according a statement by a top official at News Corp., James Murdoch, that acknowledged “serious problems” and “repeated wrongdoing.” New York Times
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