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Who was the Daily Mirror editor?
As Daily Mirror editor, Piers Morgan was forced to apologise on television for the headline Achtung Surrender! For You Fritz Ze Euro Championship Is Over on 25 June 1996.
Are there any other interesting aspects about the Piers Morgan article besides being forced to apologize on television for the headline Achtung Surrender! For You Fritz Ze Euro Championship Is Over on 25 June 1996?
While working at Daily Mirror, Piers Morgan was in charge during the period that the paper was implicated in the phone hacking scandal.
What was Piers Morgan accused of?
In 2011 Piers Morgan denied having ever hacked a phone or to my knowledge published any story obtained from the hacking of a phone.
Was Piers Morgan guilty of involvement in the phone hacking scandal?
Piers Morgan was criticised in the findings of the Leveson Inquiry by chair Brian Leveson who stated that comments made in his testimony about phone hacking were utterly unpersuasive.
What else did Piers Morgan do besides deny involvement in the phone hacking scandal?
Piers Morgan's The Mirror attempted to move mid-market in 2002, eschewing the more trivial stories of show-business and gossip, but sales declined.

Question: What happened next?
Self-contained rewrite: What happened next after the Mirror attempted to move mid-market in 2002?