News of the World Closing



(London, England) Hounded by allegations of the hacking of telephones of a possible 4,000 targets along with bribery of police, Rupert Murdoch's News of the World Sunday tabloid is closing. Tomorrow's issue will be the last.

Andy Coulson, a former editor of the paper and ex-communications director for Prime Minister David Cameron, the paper's former royal correspondent Clive Goodman and a 63-year-old man were arrested Friday in connection with allegations of corruption.

Both Coulson and Goodman were released on bail late Friday. The third man, who was not named, was freed on bail Saturday morning. All three were ordered to report to police in October.

The paper's roughly 200 staff are now out of jobs, but have been told they can apply elsewhere within its parent company, News International. Saturday is their final day working on the 168-year-old tabloid.

Investigators continue to dig into the scandal. Rumor has it that James Murdoch, Rupert's son, may be prosecuted and, therefore, the News Corporation succession plan is in doubt.