News of the World, a British tabloid magazine which was part of Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corporation, was accused of engaging in phone hacking in pursuit of news stories since 2006, but it wasn't until this year that the full extent of their operation was revealed. Once reports came out that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowlar and victims of the 7/7 London bombings were also accessed, public outcry against News Corp and Murdoch, as well as boycotts by advertisers led to the closure of News of the World in July after 168 years of publication.