Mediagazer: Big Bird to the Rescue? (Elizabeth Jensen/CJR)

4:30 AM ET, July 8, 2011

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This sunday will be last issue of News of the World — News International will close the News of the World after this weekend's issue, bringing an end to its 168 year history. — Full statement from News International: — News International today announces that this Sunday, 10 July 2011 …

Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:

News of the World closes - live coverage — The News of the World is to close, James Murdoch has announced. It follows a series of revelations that the paper illegally hacked into phones, and amid calls for Rebekah Brooks to resign. The News International chief executive is said to retain the support of Rupert Murdoch

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Amelia Hill / Guardian:

Andy Coulson to be arrested today — Second former senior News of the World journalist to also be arrested after leaks from NI force police to speed up plans — Andy Coulson has been told by police that he will be arrested on Friday morning over suspicions that he knew about …

Discussion: Mixed Media, BBC, Dow Jones Newswires, The Staggers, Adweek, Rich Sutcliffe's Blog, The Wire, The Independent, Reuters, New York Magazine, MediaFile, Mediaite, Press Gazette, NetNewsCheck Latest and Telegraph

Alison Frankel / MediaFile:

Is Murdoch free to destroy tabloid's records? — The views expressed are her own. — Here's some News of the World news to spin the heads of American lawyers. According to British media law star Mark Stephens of Finers Stephens Innocent (whom The Times of London has dubbed “Mr Media") …

Discussion: Crikey

The Independent:

Jemima Khan: 'I'm a member of the hacked club' — For victims of the News of the World hacking scandal, not knowing the full extent of the invasion of their privacy is horrible. They include Jemima Khan, who details the long, painful process of trying to find out the truth

Ingrid Lunden / paidContent:

News Of The World's Closure Brings Abrupt End To One Murdoch Paywall — When the News of the World disappears from print this Sunday, its digital assets will be going right out the door with it. Or will they? NOTW had been one of the country's most popular newspapers …

Discussion: Sky News and New Media Age

Felix Salmon:
Brand and crisis management, Murdoch style

Discussion: Mediaite

Emma Hall / AdAge:
News Corp. Closes News of the World as Scandal Threatens BSkyB Deal

Discussion: Guardian, The First Post, Magforum and Future of Journalism

Guardian:
Nick Davies on phone hacking, Murdoch and News of the World - video

Discussion: Washington Post, The Wrap, ProPublica, Future of Journalism and Erik Wemple

Ken Auletta / News Desk: What Murdoch Made — During the first full day of the Allen …

Mark Gongloff / MarketBeat:
News of the World Down, News Corp. Stock Up

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BBC:
News of the World to close amid hacking scandal

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Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

AP warns staff about expressing opinions on social networks — Associated Press journalists have tweeted opinions about the Casey Anthony trial and the New York Senate vote on gay marriage, says Tom Kent, AP Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production.

Jim Romenesko / Poynter:

Huffington Post to relaunch ‘OffTheBus’ citizen journalism initiative — Romenesko Misc. — OffTheBus, which made news in 2008 with blogger Mayhill Fowler's reporting on Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, is back with a new advisory board that will create a guide to the best citizen journalism practices.

Discussion: 10,000 Words, The Huffington Post and SocialTimes.com

Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

BreakingNews.com finds that Google+ is great for viral sharing — Cory Bergman of msnbc.com's Breaking News shares observations from using the new Google+ social network to distribute news. Among the lessons: People love to reshare posts to their friends, even more than they like to comment on them.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Ubiquitous ‘tiny belly’ online ad part of scheme, government says — It might be the ad that ate the Internet. — “1 Tip for a Tiny Belly” reads the headline, rendered in what appears to be hand-lettered type and positioned above a crudely animated drawing of a woman's bare midriff.

Discussion: Gawker and The Hairpin

Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:

MSNBC Nixes Chris Matthews's Cameo in Aaron Sorkin's Pilot About Cable News — While he was writing the pilot script for his new HBO project More As This Story Develops, Aaron Sorkin reportedly spent some time on the set of Hardball With Chris Matthews. Makes sense, since Develops is a behind …

Discussion: Company Town, Glittarazzi, Gawker, The New York Observer and MediaPost

Emma Bazilian / Adweek:

Canceled ABC Soaps Find a New Home Online — Great news, soap opera fans: the long-running ABC series All My Children and One Life to Live, whose cancellations were announced in April, are getting one more life to live—online. — ABC has sold the rights to the two soaps as part of a deal with TV …

Discussion: Media Decoder, rbr.com and Broadcasting & Cable