Top of the Hour: ‘News of the World’ to Cease Publication, Morning Headlines
After 168 years in print, The News of the World, Britain’s most widely read newspaper, will publish its final issue on Sunday. News Corporation, NoW’s parent company, made the decision in order to stanch the bleeding from an ongoing hacking scandal.
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