百年历史完结 世界资讯报的前世今生

The closure of the News of the World brings to an end more than 160 years of history.The Sunday tabloid was first published on 1 October 1843 in London - but this Sunday will see the last edition hit the newsstands. Its closure comes amid a major scandal over phone-hacking and alleged payments to police officers.

世界资讯小报在一开始出版是在伦敦的1843年的10月1日，很遗憾的是在7月10日我们看到了它的最后一版。它的关闭是在众多手机监听丑闻和警察局贿赂的共同助力下导致的。世界资讯报的停刊也标志着一段一百六十多年的历史就此结束。

Owned by News Group Newspapers, part of News International, which is in turn a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, the News of the World's sales currently average 2,812,005 copies per week. Its owners claim that it is read by more people than any other English-language newspaper.James Murdoch, deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation, and chairman of News International, said the paper had "enjoyed support from Britain's largest advertisers" and "has a proud history of fighting crime, exposing wrong-doing and regularly setting the news agenda for the nation".

资讯集团的代理首席运营官和集团主席，詹姆斯默多克表示：这份报纸收到了当地最大群体的广告主的支持，而且拥有一段打击犯罪，曝光不正当行为并且为国家制定资讯计划的关荣历史。这份报纸的所有者是资讯集团，但是资讯集团本身又是资讯国际的一部分，也就是默多克资讯集团的一个分支。这份报纸现在每周可以卖出两百八十万份，报纸的所有者说它是被阅读的最多的报纸。

But the tide began to turn against the paper in January 2007, when its royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for hacking, after it was found they targeted Prince William's aides.This set off a chain of events which has led to accusations of journalists hacking into the voicemails of the families of murder victims and relatives of UK soldiers killed in action.

但是当2007年报纸的皇家编辑Clive Goodman和私人投资者Glenn Mulcaire被关押，并被起诉窃取威廉姆王子的手机讯息时，公众趋势第一次对它不利。报纸记者窃取死于军事行动的士兵的手机语音信箱的一系列事件被曝光以后，记者和这家报业集团都遭到了起诉。

Announcing the paper's closure, James Murdoch said the paper "is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed when it came to itself". Paul McMullan is the former News of the World deputy features editor who helped blow the whistle on phone-hacking practices at the paper."It's the end of the biggest-selling English language newspaper in the world - the end of 170 years of history," he says."It was a great part of my career, but I was joyful when I heard the news."Ten years ago I was proud to say I worked at the News of the World. Last week I was ashamed."

詹姆斯默多克在宣布报纸停刊的时候说：这份报纸一辈子都以让别人为所做之事负责为事业，而今天轮到它自己时，却无法面对。Paul McMullan就是前任的执行编辑，他帮助揭露了报纸进行电话信息窃取的整个活动。“这必然是最大的英文报纸公司停刊，这同时也意味着170年的历史的终结。这是我事业的重要组成部分，但是当我听说停刊的消息的时候还是挺开心。十年前我会骄傲的告诉别人我在世界资讯报工作，上周我感到羞耻。”

Now, it seems the Sun will be published on a Sunday to fill the gap, but there will be a question mark over who will inherit the News of the World's audience."Newspaper readers are pretty disloyal," says Horrie.

从现在来看，太阳报会在周日出版用以替代世界资讯报的地位，但是谁来继承世界资讯报的消费者依然是个问题。Horrie表示：资讯报纸的读者并没有什么品牌忠诚度。