Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-plagued scandal sheet just released a surprise announcement that they’re shutting down on Sunday:
The Murdoch media empire unexpectedly killed off the muckraking News of the World tabloid Thursday after a public backlash over the illegal guerrilla tactics it used to expose the rich, the famous and the royal and become Britain’s best-selling Sunday newspaper.
The abrupt decision stunned the paper’s staff of 200, shocked the world’s most competitive news town and ignited speculation that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. plans to rebrand the tabloid under a new name in a bid to prevent a phone-hacking scandal from wrecking its bid for a far more lucrative television deal.
“to expose the rich, famous and royal” in this case involved hacking into the phones of a murdered schoolgirl, and the families of terrorist victims. So, yeah, not that shocking really.