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."
Tabloid (newspaper format)
A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format.
British tabloids in 2011
Tabloid products of the late 1880s
"A photographer's photographer" quote by First Lady Florence Harding, who stated the Edward Jackson's photograph of her was "the best photo ever taken." The photo ran on the entire front page of the February 5, 1921 edition of the New York Daily News.
