The Sun (United Kingdom) The Sun (United Kingdom) The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. As a broadsheet, it was founded in 1964 as a successor to the "Daily Herald"; it became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owners. It is published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Since "The Sun on Sunday" was launched in February 2012, the paper has been a seven-day operation. "The Sun" previously had the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the
The Aegis (newspaper) several name changes. From March 16, 1951 to January 9, 1964, the paper was known as "The Aegis and Harford Gazette". From January 16, 1964 to September 18, 1969, it was named "The Aegis, the Harford Gazette and the Democratic Ledger". Finally, on September 25, 1969, its original name of "The Aegis" was restored, and it is published under this name to this day as a sister paper to "The Baltimore Sun". The first building built specifically to house "The Aegis" was constructed in 1871, at 119 S. Main Street in Bel Air, Maryland. In 1962 the paper moved to