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 Paducah Sun of the "Sun" published January 8, 2003, the newspaper traces it roots to 1896, when a group of investors headed by William F. Paxton launched "The Evening Sun" by buying the assets of the failing "Paducah Standard" at 214 Broadway. The cost was $8,900, and the men started with $10,000 capital. The newspaper did not make a profit until 1918. In 1929, Paxton's son, Edwin J. Paxton, who had taken over as editor, bought out the rival "News-Democrat". After the merger, the newspaper became "The Sun-Democrat", and operations were moved to the current location at 408 Kentucky Avenue in 1934.