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  How News Group hid phone-hacking scandal

  Judge criticises Murdoch empire as it agrees aggravated damages for 37 victims of News of the World. By Dan Sabbagh and Amelia Hill

  • Hacking settlements: who got what
  • Harold Shipman's son 'horrified' at NoW email intercepts
  • Jude Law: hacking made me suspect friends and family
  • Chris Bryant: NI have been lying for years
  • Phone hacking: all Thursday's developments

• Judge orders search of NoW computers

  

  Laptops and deskop computers alleged to contain evidence that executives deliberately destroyed evidence of phone hacking. By Amelia Hill

  • NoW publisher accused of cover-up
  • Editorial: glimpsing the truth at last
  • Greenslade: settlements show real reason for NoW closure

• Megaupload hit with piracy indictment

  

  Seven executives charged as filesharing site shut down over accusations they cheated copyright holders out of $500m. By Matt Williams

• Google earnings fail to impress

  

  Google shares plunge in after hours trading as it misses analysts forecasts – on the day Fortune magazine names it the best place to work in America. By Dominic Rushe

• C5 to launch in-house production arm

  

  Broadcaster develops programmes including cookery format fronted by Marco Pierre White and show featuring Jedward. By John Plunkett

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Roy Greenslade on the way Japan's newspapers continue to defy the downward sales trends elsewhere in the world

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Leveson beware - a 'bereavement ombudsman' is not necessary

Roy Greenslade takes issue with a Northern Ireland group that has drawn up a code of conduct to restrict reporters covering murders

Phone hacking victims deserve a monument to their courage

Brian Cathcart: News International has finally agreed to compensate most of the victims who were suing it. We should honour those people, famous and obscure

This growing culture of outrage doesn't extend free speech – it limits it

Suzanne Moore: Suddenly, anyone, anywhere, is offended by everything

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