The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and the
Republic of Ireland. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a
successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it
was purchased by its current owner. It is published by the News Group
Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Since The Sun on Sunday was launched in
February 2012, the paper has been a seven-day operation. The Sun
previously had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the
United Kingdom, but it was overtaken by rival Metro in March 2018.In
2012, The Sun on Sunday was launched to replace the closed News of the
World, employing some of its former journalists. The average
circulation for The Sun on Sunday in September 2019 was 1,052,465.In
February 2020, it had an average daily circulation of 1.2 million. The
Sun has been involved in many controversies in its history, including
its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster.
Regional editions of the newspaper for Scotland (The Scottish Sun),
Northern Ireland (The Sun), and the Republic of Ireland (The Irish
Sun) are published in Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin, respectively.
There is currently no separate Welsh edition of The Sun; readers in
Wales get the same edition as readers in England.
Republic of Ireland. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a
successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it
was purchased by its current owner. It is published by the News Group
Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Since The Sun on Sunday was launched in
February 2012, the paper has been a seven-day operation. The Sun
previously had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the
United Kingdom, but it was overtaken by rival Metro in March 2018.In
2012, The Sun on Sunday was launched to replace the closed News of the
World, employing some of its former journalists. The average
circulation for The Sun on Sunday in September 2019 was 1,052,465.In
February 2020, it had an average daily circulation of 1.2 million. The
Sun has been involved in many controversies in its history, including
its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster.
Regional editions of the newspaper for Scotland (The Scottish Sun),
Northern Ireland (The Sun), and the Republic of Ireland (The Irish
Sun) are published in Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin, respectively.
There is currently no separate Welsh edition of The Sun; readers in
Wales get the same edition as readers in England.
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