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The Sun
Type Daily newspaper available Monday to Sunday except Christmas Day.
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.


Images for kids

  • The Sun Christening Mug

    First day of issue promotional silver christening mug

  • The Sun (Gotcha)

    Front page of The Sun (4 May 1982) in early editions following the torpedoing of the Belgrano. This headline was published before it was known the sinking of the vessel had cost 368 lives.

  • Freddiehamster

    "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster", 13 March 1986

  • It's The Sun Wot Won It

    "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.

  • Potters Road shops, Barnet (cropped)

    Sun-branded newsagent shop

  • The-Sun-on-Sunday-cover-specimen

    The Sun on Sunday front page

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