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The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald , and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. [ 11 ]
Breakdown of UK daily newspaper circulation, 1956 to 2019. At the start of the 19th century, the highest-circulation newspaper in the United Kingdom was the Morning Post, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased and newspapers were sold at lower prices.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, alleged that journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN) – which also published the now-defunct News of the World – had unlawfully ...
News Group Newspapers Ltd publishes the tabloid newspaper The Sun. The News of the World was another tabloid newspaper owned by the company; however, its closure was announced on 7 July 2011, following new evidence about a phone hacking scandal at the newspaper. The final issue was released on 10 July 2011.
News UK and DMG Media said they believe the proposal would help improve the efficiency of their print operations. Sun and Daily Mail publishers propose combining newspaper printing operations Skip ...
A protest in Kirkby shortly after The Sun ' s "The Truth" headline featured women burning copies of the tabloid. [12] Widespread boycotting of The Sun, alongside the News of the World, soon followed. [19] The newspaper is widely known as The Scum within Liverpool. [13]
The Sun, then the tabloid newspaper with the widest circulation in Britain, [5] encouraged its readers to back the Conservatives and published the election day headline "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights", with Kinnock's portrait in a lightbulb. [6]
Many papers published more popular stories, including sports and other features, in an attempt to boost circulation. In 1969 Rupert Murdoch bought and relaunched The Sun as a tabloid and soon added pictures of topless models on Page 3. Within a few years the Sun was the UK's most popular newspaper.