The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) chairman of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, purchased the company which was under liquidation, in 1986. However, the newspaper "The Sunday Times" came into being in 1991. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers. The paper features articles of journalists such as defence columnist Iqbal Athas and Ameen Izzadeen. The daily counterpart of the Sri Lankan "Sunday Times" is the Daily Mirror. The first "Times" newspaper, "Ceylon Times" was established in 1846. The Times of Ceylon Ltd,
The Sun News-Pictorial longest running column was "A Place in the Sun", originally written by Keith Dunstan—founder of the Anti-Football League—and later Graeme "Jacko" Johnstone. The award-winning cartoonist Geoff "Jeff" Hook became the full-time cartoonist for "The Sun News-Pictorial" in 1964. Keith Murdoch became editor-in-chief of "The Herald" in January 1921. When the proprietor of the "Sydney Sun" tried to break into the Melbourne market in 1922 with the launch of "The Evening Sun" and "The Sun News-Pictorial", Murdoch fought a long campaign which eventually resulted in The Herald and Weekly Times, with the circulation of "The Herald" up by 50%, taking over