NOTW Editor calls staff 'the best professionals' in farewell speech

"If you're a journalist it's hard to come into work knowing it's the last paper you'll produce," said Colin Myler, the editor of News of the World after putting together the last or the 8674 edition of the paper.Having had little time to digest the swift events of the past week, Myler promised that NOTW would be missed by everyone who walks into a store or supermarket on sunday[caption id="attachment_39182" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Five million copies of the News of The World newspaper are being printed in this last ever edition. Reuters"][/caption]In what was more about acknowledging what a team of professionals had done for many years and less about the circumstances that had forced the shutdown, the editor called the team "the best professionals" he had worked with. Refusing to get maudlin, and swearing that he had completed everyone's appraisal amid a roar of laughter, Myler signed off in true tabloid style - toasting his team and promising one helluva party.News of the World was first published on 1 October 1943 in London. Focusing on shock, crime and provocative news it was aimed at the literate working classes as their stock Sunday read. The last issue read "Thank you and Goodbye" and was a 48-page read on the history of the paper.