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The News of the World was a weekly national "red top" tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling English-language newspaper, and at closure still had one of the highest English-language circulations.
Jul 10, 2011 · Founded in 1843, News of the World achieved broad circulation through its low price and sensational content. It had by the 20th century cemented its position as Britain’s best-selling Sunday newspaper under the leadership of Sir Emsley Carr, who was editor from 1891 until his death in 1941.
Jul 7, 2011 · In contrast to the staid newspapers such as the Times, the News of the World published salacious stories about vice prosecutions and police investigations into grisly murders.
Employees of the now-defunct newspaper News of the World engaged in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of stories. Investigations conducted from 2005 to 2007 showed that the paper's phone hacking activities were targeted at celebrities, politicians, and members of the British royal family.
Jul 7, 2011 · News of the World: An obituary. 8 July 2011. The closure of the News of the World brings to an end more than 160 years of history. The Sunday tabloid was first published on 1...
Aug 4, 2012 · The row over phone-hacking by journalists has led to the closure of the News of the World, the establishment of the Leveson Inquiry into media practices and launch of three police...
Jul 10, 2011 · An insider's account of life at the News of the World, after the closure of the Sunday tabloid which became the biggest-selling English language newspaper in the world.
