[Marc]

Wow. Can't believe it's been shut down.

I'm happy, but can't believe it! Hope all those reporters find it hard to get another job.. ars*holes

[Shaun]

It's such an empty gesture - noone's been brought to justice over what happened yet, and many people are now unemployed. Yet another careless, disgusting decision by a corrupt, greedy, immoral wanker.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Shaun

It's such an empty gesture - noone's been brought to justice over what happened yet, and many people are now unemployed. Yet another careless, disgusting decision by a corrupt, greedy, immoral wanker.

James Murdoch
made a Commercial choice here.
He is a Clever man.


The Police Inquiry goes on
more arrests still to be made



And a 168 year old paper closes.

[Livia]

Rebekah Brookes is deplorable. How she has managed to hang on to her job is anyone's guess. Claiming she didn't know about the hacking that happened while she was in charge should be reason enough to sack her. Instead not just journalists but printers, administrators etc. who had nothing to do with the scandal are paying the price for other people's greed and lack of scruples.

[joeysteele]

I hope Rebekah Brooks still has some shocks coming to her from the investigations.

[Kerry]

It's just going to be rebranded. Thesunonsunday domain names were all bought up a couple of days ago. Just hope people aren't gullable enough to think it's not related

[Tom4784]

They'll undoubtedly just come up with a 'new' newspaper and return to business as usual before long. I am glad that, for the moment at least, NOTW is down and out.

[Kerry]

I'll be interested to know what their final headline will be.

[Omah]

Are Ms Brooks minions taking names "for the record" and will there be "repurcussions" later on for some of us, as occurred at DS when "pej" used his leverage to effect a cull of "disbelieving" FMs .....

[Kerry]

*Resists gotta have faith joke*

What the hell are you supposed to believe these days? All coming out of the woodword but it would appear this might get milked too for 'celebrity' sake

George Michael has praised the decision to close the News of the World following the ongoing phone hacking scandal.

News Corporation's James Murdoch announced today that News of the World will cease production on Sunday following allegations that the paper hacked the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, as well as families of people who died in the 7/7 London bombings, among others.

Michael took to Twitter to declare today "a fantastic day for Britain", following various stories about his troubled private life appearing in the newspaper in recent years.

Michael said: "Hey boyz and girls, a message to my english fans in particular. Today is a fantastic day for Britain. Those of you that have wondered why I have had nothing to say this week about Rupert Murdoch, all I can say is that the time will come (sic)."

The singer also alleged that former editor Rebekah Brooks once told him that police officers, rather than members of the public, would often give the paper information about celebrities' private lives.

"But this much is worth saying now. Rebekah Brooks sat two feet from me in my own home and told me that it was never the public that came to them with information on celebrities, and that the Police always got there first," he claimed. "I think that's enough to be going on with. (Don't ask me how she got there). Believe me I didn't invite her.

"By the way, the things I have to say on the NOTW's corruption of the British justice system are by way of a public warning. These beliefs are in no way an excuse for any of my behaviour in recent times. I was happy to do my time, because I was so ashamed."

Michael concluded: "You gotta have faith in Karma. Today it's very real. And i hope the families of Milly Dowler and all the others who died get way more than an apology. God bless them x"

[Omah]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

*Resists gotta have faith joke*

What the hell are you supposed to believe these days? All coming out of the woodword but it would appear this might get milked too for 'celebrity' sake

Who's George Michael ?

[Harry!]

Originally Posted by Omah

Who's George Michael ?

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Omah

Who's George Michael ?

Is that a serious question?

[Kerry]

Saying that, it's someone who wouldn't want to shag Katie Price, so you won't know him....

[Omah]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

Is that a serious question?

I've just looked him up - his real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, a singer, and his father was a Greek Cypriot, resident in London, which is an amazing coincidence because, of course, Peter Andre(a), allegedly a singer, was born of Greek Cypriot parents, also resident in London .....

[Harry!]

George Michael > Garbage Bin > Peter Andre

George is far more talented.

[Kerry]

NOTW's last sale is to run with no adverts and the entire revenue will go to charity




..... how very kind of them.............

[arista]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

NOTW's last sale is to run with no adverts and the entire revenue will go to charity




..... how very kind of them.............

Yes Very Good Move.

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14077405

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested by police investigating phone hacking and corruption allegations.

Mr Coulson, 43, was arrested at 1030 BST on Friday by detectives investigating allegations of hacking the phones of various people in the news and is also being questioned about corruption allegations.

He was arrested by appointment at a south London police station and is in custody.

Ex-NoW royal editor Clive Goodman, jailed in 2007 for phone hacking, has been arrested over corruption claims.

Goodman, 53, is understood to be being held at a south London police station, although not the same one as Mr Coulson.

[Kerry]

Hear all staff are to be banned from the newsroom without supervision from Saturday night due to more possible scandal coming out.

LOL they're petrified of leaks/sabotage

Interesting....

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14087518

A number of charities have rejected an offer to advertise for free in the final edition of the News of the World.

News International is shutting the tabloid amid claims of phone-hacking and advertising space for Sunday's paper has been offered to good causes.

The Salvation Army and the RSPCA were among those to decline the offer.

But the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which launched a drought appeal for East Africa on Friday, said it would accept a free advert.

A spokeswoman said although it in no way condoned the "unconscionable" behaviour of some News of the World journalists and executives, there was a "humanitarian imperative" for it to raise the maximise income to help those affected by the drought.

On Friday, the Institute of Fundraising urged caution among its members when deciding whether to accept the offer of free advertising space from News International.

Good for the Salvation Army and the RSPCA .....

[joeysteele]

Very well done to the Salvation army and RSPCA indeed, it helps demonstrate how toxic this matter has become.

[Sticks]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Very well done to the Salvation army and RSPCA indeed, it helps demonstrate how toxic this matter has become.

That's all very well with respect to the RSPCA, but in the early day of the Salvation Army, it's founder William Booth was accused of receiving "Tainted money" because he accepted a donation from a brewery.

William Booth's response was that the only thing wrong with "tainted money" was that there was Taint enough of it.

A pragmatist if ever there was one.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Sticks

That's all very well with respect to the RSPCA, but in the early day of the Salvation Army, it's founder William Booth was accused of receiving "Tainted money" because he accepted a donation from a brewery.

William Booth's response was that the only thing wrong with "tainted money" was that there was Taint enough of it.

A pragmatist if ever there was one.

Times is different now ..... and anyway, the issue was not the "taint" of money, but association with a disreputable rag ....

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Omah

Times is different now ..... and anyway, the issue was not the "taint" of money, but association with a disreputable rag ....

Thanks Omah. To quote a song title by Meatloaf I believe, ''You took the words right out of my mouth''.