[garinda]

Originally Posted by steeljack

cynical sod that I am , can't help but wonder how much the closure of the NOTW has more to do with loss of revenue/profit than public outrage, we all know print readership is down and papers are losing money, The online editions of the Sun/NOTW/the Times , all Murdoch papers have been pay per view sites for the last few months , can't imagine many people paying good money to read stuff which you can get free from other sites. Being the 'businessman' he is I wouldn't put past Murdoch to use this "public lynching" as an excuse to get out of the money losing print media

Certainly more copies will now be sold, than would have been before the closure was announced.

To any souvenier hunters, don't bother.

Financially the last edition will be worthless.