The Sun (United Kingdom) facts for kids
Type | Daily newspaper available Monday to Sunday except Christmas Day. |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | News International |
Founded | 1964 |
Political alignment | Conservative, Right-wing and Populist |
Headquarters | Wapping, London |
The Sun is a tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. By circulation it is the eighth largest newspaper in any language in the world. It is published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The Sun has many different categories, for example Sport.
There is also a Scottish (The Scottish Sun), Irish (The Irish Sun) and Polish (the Polski Sun) edition.
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"It's The Sun Wot Won It": front page of The Sun on 11 April 1992 after the Conservatives won the election. The headline is regularly mentioned in debates about media influence in British politics.
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