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I don't have sufficient context to write an accurate overview. You've only identified "The Sun" as a British tabloid newspaper, but a complete overview would require additional factual information about its history, ownership, circulation, or role in media that I shouldn't invent.
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Key facts
- Type
- Daily newspaper (and Sunday newspaper from 26 February 2012)
- Format
- Tabloid
- Owner
- News UK
- Editor
- Victoria Newton
- Founded
- 15 September 1964 ; 61 years ago ( 1964-09-15 )
- Political alignment
- Conservatism , Populism , Right-wing politics , Euroscepticism
- Headquarters
- 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
- Circulation
- 1,210,915 (as of March 2020)
- Issn
- 0307-2681
- Website
- thesun .co .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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.
The paper became a seven-day operation when The Sun on Sunday was launched in February 2012 to replace the closed News of the World and employed some of its former journalists. In March 2020, the average circulation for The Sun was 1.21 million, The Sun on Sunday 1,013,777.
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Categories
1964 establishments in EnglandBritish news websitesConservative media in the United KingdomDaily newspapers published in the United KingdomEuroscepticism in the United KingdomNational newspapers published in the United KingdomNews Corporation subsidiariesNewspapers established in 1964Newspapers published in IrelandNews UKPopulism in Europe