Great day for the red tops?

[David Johnson]

I guess the Sun shouldn't be crowing quite so much.

This according to the Guardian, who with Nick Davies as lead journalist did a fantastic job at sticking with this story through thick and thin when no-one else in Fleet Street seemed interested and certainly not the politicians, in the early days..

1. Rupert Murdoch has been officially informed by Scotland Yard that detectives want to interview him as a suspect as part of their inquiry into allegations of crime in his newspapers.
2. The conviction of Coulson means that Murdoch's UK company may face a corporate charge aimed at the members of the board for company breaches of the law as a result of their consent, connivance or neglect.
3. 11 more trials are due to take place at the Old Bailey involving 20 current or former journalists from the Sun and the News of the World.
4. In Scotland, Coulson and two other NOW journalists face trials on charges of perjury, phone hacking and breach of data protection laws.
5. 11 other current or former Murdoch employees are waiting to see if they will face charges.

And my personal favourite:

6. So far Murdoch's UK company has already settled and paid damages to 718 victims of phone hacking by Mulcaire. However, evidence emerged during the Coulson trial that Mulcaire had targeted some 5,500 people. And as well as that, Dan Evans, a showbusiness writer who also specialised in hacking phones for the NOW has been cooperating with the police and his list is thought to reach as many as 1,600 people.

Good day for the red tops? Yeah, right.

[David Johnson]

My funniest moment of the trial was the story that Charlie Brooks, the husband of Lady Red Top herself, lost his entire porn collection as part of a needless cover-up job, given Rebekah didn't apparently know the first thing about phone hacking, did she?

Moments silence for Charlie, please.

[cockneygeezer2009]

Don't know about victory for red tops. Every day The Sun manages to hit the shelves The Sun makes barrel loads of money. The fact the Sun hasn't been closed down by the big boss Murdoch is a victory of some sorts for the Sun.

[Arginald Valleywater]

Many many moons ago I was told The Sun would cost you ?200m to buy. Hardly a failing asset. What makes me chuckle is the amount of trade unionist left leaning colleagues who buy it day in day out....must be for the share tips and wine critic.

[Essex Lad]

It must have been many moons ago ? assuming KRM would sell, it would cost you nearer a billion today.

[Arginald Valleywater]

Defo not failing then EL!! On the odd occasion I flick thru a copy I am stunned at just how crap it is.

[Essex Lad]

Richard Desmond was said to be interested a while back but baulked at the billion pound price tag.

[cockneygeezer2009]

"What makes me chuckle is the amount of trade unionist left leaning colleagues who buy it day in day out....must be for the share tips and wine critic."

Shame on you. They buy it for the young topless birds with their tits out. Oops sorry. I meant the sport pages.

[Essex Lad]

Whilst the Page 3 Girl is popular, they probably buy it because it's a superbly put together package of news, view, opinions and laughs.

For all their po-facedness, the people who work on The Guardian could not put The Sun together whereas those on The Sun could for the most part work on any Fleet Street title.