The paper was likely to go into freefall, with major advertisers dropping it in recent days, and the readership likely to drop sharply. It will be interesting

The paper was likely to go into freefall, with major advertisers dropping it in recent days, and the readership likely to drop sharply. It will be interesting to see whether killing the paper makes the phone hacking story go away (or at least lose a lot of its momentum) or whether a few people will feel there's no reason not to spill more beans now. I assume with the staff mostly folding into a Sunday edition of the Sun (presumably) its really more a rebranding, and so they'll hope the story dies.