Is Closing NOTW an Opening for BSkyB?

The closing of the News of the World on 10 July in the wake of the phone hacking scandals is being presented by its owners as the decent thing to do in order to deal with the tarnished reputation of the paper. It may be an appropriate response to the crisis generated by the hacking scandal. But as the hacking investigations continue there is another story line developing – what does the NOTW closure mean for News Corp’s bid for BSkyB?