Neil Berry, Independent Scholar, UKAdrian Bingham, University of Sheffield, UKMartin Conboy, University of Sheffield, UKAlexis Easley, University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USAJames Mussell, University of Leeds, UKAlison Oram, Leeds Beckett University, UKJulian Petley, Brunel University, UKKevin Rafter, Dublin City University, IrelandJames Rodgers, City University London, UKMelissa Score, Kensington and Chelsea College, UKJohn Stokes, King's College London, UKChris Williams, Cardiff University, UK Kevin Williams, Swansea University, UK

Introduction1. The Foundation and Early Years of the : 'Capacious Double Sheets'; James Mussell2. Re-branding the : 1856-1890; Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner3. Re-Branding the : 1891 and After; Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner4. 'Child Slavery in England': The and Campaigning for Children (1843-1878); Melissa Score5. Imagining the Mass-Market Woman Reader: The , 1843-77; Alexis Easley6. News of the Imperial World: Popular Print Culture, the and India in the Late Nineteenth Century; Chandrika Kaul7. Residual Radicalism as a Popular Commercial Strategy: Beginnings and Endings; Martin Conboy8. Passports to Oblivion: J. M. Staniforth's Political Cartoons for the , 1893-1921; Chris Williams9. 'Woman as Husband': Gender, Sexuality and Humour in the 1910-1950s; Alison Oram10. The Irish Edition - From 'Filthy Scandal Sheet' to 'Old Friend' of the Taoiseach; Kevin Rafter11. 'One in Every Two Households': The in the 1950s; John Stokes12. Bringing Popular Journalism into Disrepute: The the Public and Politics, 1953-2011; Kevin Williams13. 'Gross Interference with the Course of Justice': The and the Moors Murder trial; Adrian Bingham14. Harbingers of the Future: Rupert Murdoch's Takeover of the Organisation; Julian Petley15. The Downfall of the : The Decline of the English Newspaper and the Double-Edged Sword of Technology; James RodgersAfterword: Lessons of the Leveson Inquiry into the British Press; Neil Berry

This volume is the first scholarly treatment of the News of the World from news-rich broadsheet to sensational tabloid. Contributors uncover new facts and discuss a range of topics including Sunday journalism, gender, crime, empire, political cartoons, the mass market, investigative techniques and the Leveson Inquiry.