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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. [ 11][ 12] 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. [ 13]
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.
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.
Tabloid journalism is a popular style of largely sensationalist journalism which takes its name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper also known as half broadsheet. [ 1] The size became associated with sensationalism, and tabloid journalism replaced the earlier label of yellow journalism and scandal sheets. [ 2]
By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden. LONDON (Reuters) -British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper, The Sun, over claims journalists used ...
As the Sun tabloid declared on its front page: "Britain is melting." The heat wave's culprit: increasing temperatures from climate change coupled with hot air being pumped north from Africa.
NGN said it has settled 1,300 claims for its newspapers, though The Sun has never accepted liability. Harry said he wished his family had taken a stand against media offenses for "the greater good.”
The front page of The Sun on 19 April 1989 carried falsehoods about fan behaviour during the Hillsborough disaster. Coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster by the British tabloid The Sun led to the newspaper's decline in Liverpool and the broader Merseyside region, with organised boycotts against it. The disaster occurred at a football match ...