Which newspaper was shut down in 2011 after the News International phone-hacking scandal?

News of the World was shut down in 2011 after the News International phone-hacking scandal.

The British Sunday tabloid had been accused of illegally accessing voicemail messages belonging to public figures and private individuals. In 2011, evidence showed that the practice reached beyond celebrities and politicians. The phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler had also been targeted, creating widespread public outrage.

News International, the newspaper’s owner, announced that the paper would close after 168 years. Its final issue appeared on 10 July 2011. The scandal then led to arrests, civil lawsuits, parliamentary investigations, and the Leveson Inquiry into press standards and media ethics.

The newspaper is often confused with The Times because both were owned by News International. They were separate publications. The closure concerned News of the World, the mass-market Sunday tabloid, not the broadsheet Times.