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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.
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 ...
The history of British newspapers begins in the 17th century with the emergence of regular publications covering news and gossip. The relaxation of government censorship in the late 17th century led to a rise in publications, which in turn led to an increase in regulation throughout the 18th century. [ 1] The Times began publication in 1785 and ...
Jackson's Oxford Journal/Oxford Journal Illustrated (1753–1911) [60] The Kensington News and West London Times (1869–1972) [61] Kent on Sunday (2002–2017) Labour Elector (1888–1894) The Lancaster Observer and Morecambe Chronicle (1860-1944) Leeds Mercury (1718–1939) Leeds Times (1833–1901) - weekly; Liverpool Daily Post (1855–2013)
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.”
Tabloid journalism. Display rack of British newspapers during the midst of the News International phone hacking scandal (5 July 2011). Many of the newspapers in the rack are tabloids. Tabloid journalism is a popular style of largely sensationalist journalism which takes its name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper also ...
Front-page of The Sun from Saturday 11 April 1992. " It's The Sun Wot Won It " was the headline that appeared on the front page of United Kingdom newspaper The Sun on 11 April 1992 in which it claimed credit for the victory of the Conservative Party in the 1992 general election. It is regularly cited in debates on the influence of the press ...