The Sun going down?

Run_to_da_hills

"Fears are mounting over the future of The Sun newspaper after more of the tabloid's journalists were arrested by police investigating alleged corruption

Five top journalists, believed to include Geoff Webster, the newspaper's deputy editor, were detained on suspicion of making illegal payments to police officers and other officials. For the first time, the arrests broadened beyond payments to police, with a Ministry of Defence employee and a member of the Armed forces also being held by police.

The development suggests Scotland Yard’s Operation Elveden, set up to investigate illegal payments to police officers, is now focusing on a wider range of alleged illegal activity than previously thought. The five Sun staff were held in a series of early-morning raids after information was handed to the Metropolitan Police by News Corporation, the tabloid’s parent company.".

Either this rag will go down or else it will be sold off along with all other Rupert Murdocks media interests in the UK. It was only a matter of time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9076086/Fears-over-future-of-Sun-newspaper-after-more-arrests.html

saintsaltynuts

I hope this is true what a rag.

flogen

Hard to know for certain, given that few would have predicted the NOTW being closed before it happened, but I think that's just wishful thinking from the Telegraph.

I'd say The Sun will stick around, even if it has a massive changeover of staff - most people are expecting The Sun on Sunday to come out soon to replace the NOTW too... fact remains it's a huge seller and a huge brand.

Run_to_da_hills

A lot of people living in Merseyside would love to see the Sun go down.

IRE60

The merseyside situation is old news even though the campaign is still ongoing.

The sun turns over £260m at the till alone.

The tele is posturing and doing a bit of wishful thinking. Amazing tabloid ****e from a 'broadsheet'

IRE60

I like the auto edit on the poo word!

coylemj

Apparently this represents a major threat to Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation because while hacking peoples' phones was bad enough, making corrupt payments to the police could land him in trouble with the authorities in the US because of anti-corruption legislation in the US which applies to the international wings of US-registered companies.

Socialist_Pig

surely the police accepting payments is more of news item than the sun's journalists paying the bribes.

the sun hasnt been the same since the 80's anyway...the breasts have been getting smaller and smaller....

IRE60

From the Press Gazette

"The Times reports today that one of the Sun journalists arrested two weeks ago is believed to have been questioned about an expense claim for £50 for taking two police officers to lunch. A Sun source told the paper that a detective suggested to him that this was evidence of corruption"

If that's the case, it's a complete waste of time.

bill_lehane

I dunno about closing, the last I heard the Irish Sun was extending to seven days with a new Sunday paper sometime in March, although that was before all these arrests.

Run_to_da_hills

bill_lehane wrote: »

I dunno about closing, the last I heard the Irish Sun was extending to seven days with a new Sunday paper sometime in March, although that was before all these arrests.

At least it can't be named the Sunday Sun. I got a shock when I came across it in Newcastle last November.

brian_t

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

At least it can't be named the Sunday Sun. I got a shock when I came across it in Newcastle last November.

I thought it was been called The Sun on Sunday and that Murdoch had already purchased the "thesunonsunday" website.

IRE60

No - Mr Murdoch is particularly unyielding - no signs of closure - if anything he's strengthening the Brand - for the Guardian website:

Rupert Murdoch has told News International journalists that he will launch the Sun on Sunday "very soon".

In an email to staff shortly after his arrival at News International's headquarters in London on Friday, the News Corporation chairman and chief executive said: "We will build on the Sun's proud heritage by launching the Sun on Sunday very soon."

Murdoch said News International had a duty to launch the Sun on Sunday in order "to expand one of the world's most widely read newspapers and reach even more people than ever before". "Having a winning paper is the best answer to our critics," he added.

and for brian_t:

Domain name: sunonsunday.co.uk
Registrant: NI Group Limited
Registrant type: UK Limited Company, (Company number: 81701)
Registrant's address:
NI Group Limited
3 Thomas More Square
London
E98 1ES
United Kingdom