News of the World "closing down‎"

Reaction is coming in to the announcement that Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper.

It follows claims the paper authorised hacking into mobile phones including those of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler and the families of 7/7 bombing victims.

In a statement to staff, News International chairman James Murdoch said the good things the paper does "have been sullied by behaviour that was wrong - indeed, if recent allegations are true, it was inhuman and has no place in our company".

James Murdoch, News International chairman

Rebekah [Brooks] and I are absolutely committed, this company is committed, to doing the right thing and what that means is about co-operating and working fully with the police investigations into those alleged practices and into those activities. It's also about putting into place the processes, so that we understand what happened and we have a process in place to make sure these things don't happen again. I'm satisfied that Rebekah, her leadership of this business and her standard of ethics and her standard of conduct throughout her career are very good."

News of the World editor Colin Myler

"This is the saddest day of my professional career. For 168 years the News of the World has been a huge part of many peoples' lives. Sundays without this great British institution will not be the same."

Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, which investigated phone hacking

"Mr Murdoch blames 'wrongdoers' who 'turned a good newsroom bad'. He does not say who these wrongdoers were - and that is the crucial question people will be asking, including those who are paying with their jobs and who are angry about the loss of a 168-year-old newspaper title."

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Courtesy : BBC UK

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