It's A Wrap: News Of The World

Considering we all got a copy, it's not gonna be worth much in the future is it?

So after all their dirty dealings the NOTW went to print for one final time. As well as current news, the final edition spoke ab out how they made history, some of the big stories they broke (???), how they saved the world from paedo's and evil criminals, oh and how they gave many page 3 models their big break.


Some News Of The World Facts-

• The newspaper was first published as The News of the World on 1 October 1843, in London by John Browne Bell. Priced at just three pence (equal to £1.04 today).

• The News of the World was a national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom.

• The newspaper passed into the hands of Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd. in 1969, snatching the paper from Robert Maxwel's Pergamon Press after an acrimonious year-long struggle. Maxwell's foreign origin, combined with his political opinions, provoked a hostile response to his bid from the Carrs and from the editor of the News of the World, Stafford Somerfield, who declared that the paper was—and should remain—as British as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.

• The newspaper was published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and was the Sunday sister paper of The Sun.

• The newspaper concentrated on celebrity-based scoops and populist news.

• The paper's fondness for sex scandals gained it the nicknames "News of the Screws" and "Screws of the World". It had a reputation for exposing national or local celebrities as drug users, sex freaks or criminals, setting up insiders and journalists in disguise to provide either video or photographic evidence, and phone hacking in ongoing police investigations.

• Sales averaged 2,812,005 copies per week in October 2010. On 16 September 2010, it was announced that the online website of the paper would be placed behind a paywall

• It was announced on 7 July 2011 that, after 168 years in print, the newspaper will print its final edition on 10 July 2011 following revelations of the ongoing phone hacking scandal, with the loss of 200 jobs. The paper has announced that all proceeds from the final edition will go to "good causes", and advertising space will be given to charities.

• The 10 July 2011 edition of the News of the World carried its final headline, "Thank You and Goodbye", superimposed on top of a collage of past front pages. The back cover featured quotes from George Orwell in 1946, and a recent quote from a NotW reader, Jeanne Hobson. The final edition also included a 48-page pullout documenting the history of the paper. On 9 July 2011, after production of the final edition wrapped, editor Colin Myler led the staff out of the building, where he held a press conference thanking the staff and its readers, concluding, "In the best tradition, we are going to the pub."

There is speculation that News International will launch a Sunday edition of The Sun to replace the News of the World, as an Arsenal fanatic and someone who didn't buy NOTW everyweek, I think The Mirror is better for sports coverage anyway.

There are those who will miss it a bit more than me though. Like Jeanne Hobson had a quote printed on the back of the paper saying-

"I have read this paper since I was old enough to read newspapers. I'm 68 now. I cannot imagine Sundays without you. I will always remember The News Of The World for the good things you have brought to light. I'm sad to say goodbye to my Sunday favourite."

Nevermind Jeanne, I'm sure you'll be ok.





(All points via WIkipedia)