Kelvin Calder MacKenzie is an English media executive and a former newspaper editor. He became editor of The Sun in 1981, by which time the publication was established as Britain's largest circulation newspaper. After leaving The Sun in 1994, he was appointed to executive roles in satellite television and other broadcasting outlets, as well as being involved in a number of publishing enterprises.
Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster, The Sun, 13 March 1986
The false allegations on The Sun's front page on 19 April 1989 caused widespread offence among Merseysiders, causing them to boycott the newspaper.
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. 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. The Sun had the largest daily newspaper circulation in the United Kingdom, but was overtaken by freesheet rival Metro in March 2018.
Front page of The Sun, 7 October 2013
First day of issue promotional silver christening mug
"Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster", 13 March 1986
The Sun's front page on 19 April 1989. The allegations were later proven to be entirely false, with The Sun later admitting their decision to publish the allegations was the "blackest day in this newspaper's history."