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Oliver Laughland on the people and stories in the media spotlight in the last seven daysThe storyEnd of the worldActing with the precision of a surgeon and the impunity of a dictator, Rupert Murdoch called time on one of the biggest-selling papers in the western world. Although it's hard to see who would want to read the paper with its reputation now so tarnished, the job losses of hundreds of staff has sparked outrage among journalists either side of the Murdoch trench line.Subeditors of sister...

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