(CNN) -- Should the press be more heavily regulated? Share your thoughts here. Could the phone-hacking scandal prove to be a blessing in disguise for Rupert Murdoch? A year ago that would have seemed a ridiculous notion. News Corp.'s UK newspaper arm almost collapsed last summer under the weight of a story that dominated Britain's news agenda for months, prompting a sting of resignations and a high-profile public inquiry. It was a conflagration that briefly threatened to engulf the entire company, forcing a fire-fighting Rupert Murdoch to appear before British lawmakers in London and declare: "This is the most humble day of my life."
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Rupert Murdoch claimed to have been "humbled" by the phone-hacking scandal
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Revelations about journalistic practises at the News of the World led to the tabloid's closure
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Since the scandal, News Corp. has decided to split its publishing assets into separate firm
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