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- On 15th November 1969, the newspaper was acquired by Rupert Murdoch, following an unsuccessful bid by Robert Maxwell. Two days after purchasing the paper, Murdoch re-launched the Sun in tabloid format. He also installed the Sun as the sister paper to the News of the World, which was printed on Sundays.
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Sep 15, 2015 · Relaunched as The Sun in 1964 with a circulation of around 1.5 million, the new paper's slogan reflected its new approach: "A paper born of the age we live in", which, it was hoped, would chime...
The paper became a seven-day operation when The Sun on Sunday was launched in February 2012 to replace the closed News of the World, employing some of its former journalists. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In March 2020, the average circulation for The Sun was 1.21 million, The Sun on Sunday 1,013,777.
- Early History: The Daily Herald Years
- The Emergence of The Sun
- Rupert Murdoch
- The Sun Today
- Political Stance
- Reporting of The Hillsborough Disaster
- Circulation of The Sun
The forerunner of the Sun newspaper was the Daily Herald, launched on 25th January 1911. The Daily Herald was initially an independent left wing paper, printed periodically during strike periods to offer its unconditional support to the strikers. The Daily Herald was printed in Manchester daily between January and April in 1911 and then from 15th A...
The first edition of the Sun was printed on 15th September 1964. This was the first time that a new daily paper had been published in the UK for 34 years. The newspaper was printed in broadsheet format with an orange logo, emerging during the rapidly changing world of the 1960s. Thus the front page announced: “The Sun is politically free. It will n...
On 15th November 1969, the newspaper was acquired by Rupert Murdoch, following an unsuccessful bid by Robert Maxwell. Two days after purchasing the paper, Murdoch re-launched the Sun in tabloid format. He also installed the Sun as the sister paper to the News of the World, which was printed on Sundays. The two newspapers maintained their link up un...
The Sun newspaper moved to full colour production for the first time on 28th January 2008 with the opening of three new printing plants. In 2012, the Sun began printing a Sunday newspaper which replaced the recently-closed News of the World newspaper.Some journalists who worked for the News of the World were employed to run the Sunday edition. Its ...
The paper has a record of supporting the governing party in the UK, although traditionally it is generally considered to have a centre-right political allegiance. The Sun supported the centre-left Labour Party during Tony Blair’s last three General Election wins, changing allegiance to him on 18th March 1997. In 1978, the Sun switched allegiance to...
The Sun has also been involved in many controversies, in particular its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster. Due to its claim that Liverpoolfans had pick-pocketed victims of the incident, many newsagents and readers in Liverpool boycotted the newspaper. This led to a 75% decrease in sales in the city, and the newspaper never...
From 2000-2009, the Sun was the top circulating newspaper in the UK, but since 2010 has been taken over by the Metro. The newspaper reached peak circulation in 1987 and began steadily declining after this year, with a 1,027,863 drop between 2010 and 2015. Despite circulation numbers dropping, the Sun reached its largest-ever online audience in 2019...
1964: The Sun newspaper is born. The Sun newspaper is published today for the first time. It is replacing the Mirror Group's Daily Herald, which has been losing readers and advertising revenue...
Feb 11, 2012 · Its life began on 15 September 1964, when the Daily Herald newspaper became the Sun, and it was initially printed in a broadsheet format. Then on 17 November 1969, its new owner Rupert...
In 1969, the young (ish) Australian owner of The News of the World, Rupert Murdoch, purchased the Sun for £800K. He transformed it from a broadsheet to a tabloid, with the first headline declaring ‘Horse Dope Sensation’, setting the tone for the sensationalist, soaraway Sun of later years.
Jan 24, 2024 · The origins of The Sun newspaper can be traced back to 1964 when it was first launched as a successor to the Daily Herald. Under the ownership of IPC Media, The Sun started as a broadsheet but later transitioned into a tabloid format in 1969.
