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

• Introduction 1. The Foundation and Early Years of the News of the World: 'Capacious Double Sheets'; James Mussell 2. Re-branding the News of the World: 1856-1890; Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner 3. Re-Branding the News of the World: 1891 and After; Laurel Brake and Mark W. Turner 4. 'Child Slavery in England': The News of the World and Campaigning for Children (1843-1878); Melissa Score 5. Imagining the Mass-Market Woman Reader: The News of the World, 1843-77; Alexis Easley 6. News of the Imperial World: Popular Print Culture, the News of the World and India in the Late Nineteenth Century; Chandrika Kaul 7. Residual Radicalism as a Popular Commercial Strategy: Beginnings and Endings; Martin Conboy 8. Passports to Oblivion: J. M. Staniforth's Political Cartoons for the News of the World, 1893-1921; Chris Williams 9. 'Woman as Husband': Gender, Sexuality and Humour in the News of the World 1910-1950s; Alison Oram 10. The Irish Edition - From 'Filthy Scandal Sheet' to 'Old Friend' of the Taoiseach; Kevin Rafter 11. 'One in Every Two Households': The News of the World in the 1950s; John Stokes 12. Bringing Popular Journalism into Disrepute: The News of the World, the Public and Politics, 1953-2011; Kevin Williams 13. 'Gross Interference with the Course of Justice': The News of the World and the Moors Murder trial; Adrian Bingham 14. Harbingers of the Future: Rupert Murdoch's Takeover of the News of the World Organisation; Julian Petley 15. The Downfall of the News of the World: The Decline of the English Newspaper and the Double-Edged Sword of Technology; James Rodgers Afterword: Lessons of the Leveson Inquiry into the British Press; Neil Berry

'The News of the World was one of the most important publications in the history of the press in the British Isles. This collection of stimulating and scholarly essays provides the first, detailed examination of its history and is essential reading for anyone interested in the press and its changing role in British society since the 1840s.' - Professor Tom O'Malley, Aberystwyth University, UK