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 Budapest Sun The Budapest Sun The Budapest Sun was a general interest, English language newspaper based in Budapest, Hungary. The paper claimed to have the largest circulation of a foreign language newspaper in the country. "The Budapest Sun" was established in 1993 by Jim Michaels. Much of the staff had come over from the already defunct "Budapest Post". It was acquired by Associated Newspapers of Great Britain, a member of the "Daily Mail" General Trust, in 1996. The paper had a circulation of 16,000 copies in 2002. "The Budapest Sun" was closed in early 2009, its last issue appearing on 29 January