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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]
This plaque in London marks the publication in 1702 of The Daily Courant as London's first daily newspaper. There were twelve London newspapers and 24 provincial papers by the 1720s. The Daily Courant (11 March 1702–1703) was the first successful daily newspaper in London.
The Sun. (1792–1876) The Sun was a British evening newspaper established by John Heriot in 1792 and was discontinued in 1876. The paper was founded by members of the Tory government led by William Pitt the Younger to counter the contemporary pro-revolutionary press. John Heriot, a Scottish journalist and writer, had worked for the Oracle and ...
The Daily Herald was a British daily newspaper, published daily in London from 1912 to 1964 (although it was weekly during the First World War ). It was published in the interest of the labour movement and supported the Labour Party. It underwent several changes of management before ceasing publication in 1964, when it was relaunched as The Sun ...
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 between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters were crushed to death, and several ...
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp.
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 ...
The News Building is a 17-storey office block in the London Bridge area of London that forms part of the Shard Quarter development. It houses all of News UK 's London operations, including The Times , The Sunday Times , The Sun , The Wall Street Journal , Dow Jones , talkSPORT , TalkRADIO , Times Radio , Virgin Radio , and the book publisher ...