The successor to Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-tarnished News of the World newspaper will start publication in a week’s time, a senior News Corp. executive said Sunday.
In an email to staff, News International CEO Tom Mockridge said that Murdoch himself would be staying in the British capital to oversee the launch of The Sun on Sunday.
Mockridge said he was sure that “every one of us will seize the opportunity to pull together and deliver a great new dawn” for the newspaper.
The Sun on Sunday will replace the top-selling News of The World, which was closed in July after revelations that members of its staff had routinely hacked into phones and paid bribes to score exclusives. The ensuing scandal stunned Britain’s establishment, led to dozens of arrests and resignations, and has spawned a wide-ranging official inquiry into U.K. media ethics.
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