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
Austin Sun with the original "Austin Sun" ownership. In June 2016, the "Austin Sun" was relaunched as a website in the spirit of the original publication. Founding "Sun "writers Bill Bentley, James BigBoy Medlin, and Michael Ventura are contributors to the new site, along with original art directors Dan Hubig and Carlene Brady. Austin Sun The Austin Sun was a biweekly counter-culture newspaper, similar in nature to "Rolling Stone" during the latter's formative years, that was published in Austin, Texas, between 1974 and 1978. It is notable for being the newspaper that started the careers of many persons who later became well