The Sun (Sydney)

The Sun was an Australian afternoon tabloid newspaper, first published under that name in 1910.[1]

The Sun
TypeDaily afternoon newspaper
FormatTabloid
PublisherJohn Fairfax Holdings
Founded1910
Ceased publication1988
Sister newspapersThe Sydney Morning Herald
Front page of The Sun, 4 July 1910

History

In 1953, The Sun was acquired from Associated Newspapers by Fairfax Holdings in Sydney, Australia, as the afternoon companion to The Sydney Morning Herald. At the same time, the former Sunday edition, the Sunday Sun, was discontinued and merged with the Sunday Herald into the tabloid Sun-Herald.[2][3] The Sunday Sun, which later became The Sun: Sunday edition, was first published on 5 April 1903, and continued under its former name until 11 December 1910.[4] According to its claim, below the masthead of that issue, it had a "circulation larger than that of any other Sunday paper in Australia".[5]

Publication of The Sun ceased on 14 March 1988.[6] Some of its content, and sponsorship of the Sydney City to Surf footrace, was continued in The Sun-Herald.

Digitisation

Some issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: a short history, Victor Isaacs and Rod Fitzpatrick (2003)
  2. The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW: 1949 - 1953) at Trove
  3. Paper World: Sun Herald (Sunday NSW)
  4. "Catalogue". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. "Trove". The Sunday Sun. 11 December 1910. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. Kirkpatrick R. Press Timeline, 1951-2011 at National Library of Australia
  7. "Newspaper Titles". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  8. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2016.


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