Where did it all go wrong? IT's biggest downfalls

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With media empires crumbling and the world economy on the brink of collapse, we look at our industry's most memorable demises

The (on-and-on-and-)ongoing hackgate saga and the resulting closure of News of the World has, if nothing else, shown us that even the biggest players in any market can come a cropper. The widesp...

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