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. Mr Murdoch said in a statement: “Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper. This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World.” The shock development came as police said there could be as many as 4,000 victims of phone hacking by the paper, which has been published for 168 years. Mr Murdoch said this Sunday’s edition of the News of the World would have no commercial…
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